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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Minimally invasive chest wall repair with scope

CPT 21743the billing code this page is about

Repair of a caved-in chest through small incisions using an implanted bar, guided by a camera placed inside the chest.

Hospitals typically charge $4,091 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 188 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,161. Most fall between $2,754 and $7,969 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
188
States
33
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 188 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
$1,876$3,412$4,091$6,839$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,876 vs $8,372).

How the prices are spread

$1,010 – $1,299: 10 hospitals$1,010$1,299 – $1,672: 3 hospitals$1,672 – $2,150: 14 hospitals$1,672$2,150 – $2,766: 8 hospitals$2,766 – $3,559: 15 hospitals$2,766$3,559 – $4,578: 48 hospitals$4,578 – $5,889: 32 hospitals$4,578$5,889 – $7,576: 12 hospitals$7,576 – $9,746: 31 hospitals$7,576$9,746 – $12,537: 2 hospitals$9,746median $4,091price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (175 of 188 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,010$1,29910
$1,299$1,6723
$1,672$2,15014
$2,150$2,7668
$2,766$3,55915
$3,559$4,57848
$4,578$5,88932
$5,889$7,57612
$7,576$9,74631
$9,746$12,5372

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$4,091
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $4,091.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $3,412 across 11 hospitalsMI$3,412New York: median $3,840 across 19 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,890 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,890Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,233 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,969 across 21 hospitalsCA$7,969Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,052 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,052Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $5,546 across 17 hospitalsTX$5,546Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,091. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA21$7,969+95%$7,969 – $7,969
Texas TX17$5,546+36%$5,546 – $5,546
New Jersey NJ23$4,233+3%$3,591 – $5,741
Iowa IA14$3,890−5%$3,890 – $3,890
New York NY19$3,840−6%$3,065 – $3,884
Michigan MI11$3,412−17%$3,412 – $4,499
Oklahoma OK12$2,052−50%$2,052 – $2,052
Pennsylvania PA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $4,091.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care172$4,084$2,550 – $7,839
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access8fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit18fewer than 20 hospitals
Government20$3,840$3,742 – $31,602
Non-profit150$4,090$2,382 – $7,211
System affiliation
Part of a system157$4,499$3,412 – $7,969
Independent31$3,553$2,299 – $5,773

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,790
Median cash price$4,091
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

112 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,253 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,154; most fall between $2,052 and $7,969.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 112 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
$1,165$2,169$4,253$6,987$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,165 vs $7,969).

Of the 122 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 112 gave a usable cash price; 6 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

188 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 200 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted188
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here9
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 — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code200

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 therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Repair Pectus Excavatm/Carinatm Minly W/Thrsc.

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, “Minimally invasive chest wall repair with scope (CPT 21743) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21743-minimally-invasive-chest-wall-repair-with-scope