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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system

Open repair of a sunken or protruding chest

CPT 21740the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to reshape the breastbone and cartilage in a caved-in or protruding chest wall.

Hospitals typically charge $3,040 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 195 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,073. Most fall between $1,514 and $5,593 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
195
States
39
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 195 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,120$1,713$3,040$4,865$8,979

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,120 vs $8,979).

How the prices are spread

$451 – $615: 2 hospitals$451$615 – $838: 3 hospitals$838 – $1,142: 7 hospitals$838$1,142 – $1,557: 18 hospitals$1,557 – $2,122: 28 hospitals$1,557$2,122 – $2,892: 26 hospitals$2,892 – $3,941: 36 hospitals$2,892$3,941 – $5,372: 25 hospitals$5,372 – $7,321: 10 hospitals$5,372$7,321 – $9,978: 22 hospitals$7,321median $3,040price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (177 of 195 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$451$6152
$615$8383
$838$1,1427
$1,142$1,55718
$1,557$2,12228
$2,122$2,89226
$2,892$3,94136
$3,941$5,37225
$5,372$7,32110
$7,321$9,97822

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,040
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.41×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,040.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: median $4,865 across 13 hospitalsWI$4,865Michigan: median $3,283 across 24 hospitalsMI$3,283New York: median $7,413 across 15 hospitalsNY$7,413Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,867 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,867Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,510 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,510Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $451 across 16 hospitalsPA$451New Jersey: median $5,339 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,411 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,411Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,040. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY15$7,413+144%$2,625 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ13$5,339+76%$4,350 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI13$4,865+60%$4,865 – $10,102
Michigan MI24$3,283+8%$2,589 – $3,412
Iowa IA15$2,510−17%$2,510 – $2,510
Oregon OR10$1,867−39%$1,867 – $3,301
Oklahoma OK11$1,411−54%$1,411 – $1,411
Pennsylvania PA16$451−85%$354 – $5,318
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,040.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care159$2,945$1,411 – $5,932
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$3,283$1,713 – $4,865
Ownership
For-profit21$3,412$1,713 – $8,979
Government22$2,306$1,664 – $7,413
Non-profit151$3,040$1,411 – $5,318
System affiliation
Part of a system156$3,283$1,514 – $5,741
Independent39$2,576$1,581 – $5,593

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,441
Median cash price$3,040
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

111 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,886 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,041; most fall between $1,289 and $3,088.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 111 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$991$1,411$1,886$2,708$4,030

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($991 vs $4,030).

Of the 120 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 111 gave a usable cash price; 5 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

195 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 211 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted195
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here11
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code211

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Reconst Pectus Excav/Carin,Open.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open repair of a sunken or protruding chest (CPT 21740) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21740-open-repair-of-a-sunken-or-protruding-chest