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Stopping Growth In The Lower Leg Growth Plates

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 27740

Permanently stops growth at the growth plates of the shin and calf bones, at both the knee end and the ankle end of the lower leg. It is done in growing children to even out a difference in leg length, so the longer leg stops while the shorter one catches up. Only the lower leg bones are treated, without touching the growth plate at the lower end of the thigh bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stopping Growth In The Lower Leg Growth Plates cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$724 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$933 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $692 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,862
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$1,096

CA $3,981DE $708

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.