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Stopping Growth In Leg And Thigh Growth Plates

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27742

Permanently stops growth at the growth plates of the shin and calf bones, at both the knee end and the ankle end, and also at the lower end of the thigh bone. 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. Including the thigh bone is what separates this from the version that treats only the lower leg bones.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stopping Growth In Leg And Thigh Growth Plates cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 4 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$794$661 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,259 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,310Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $794

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 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.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$1,259

CA $3,981DE $776

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.