Limb lengthening clinics in USA
64 independently-verified clinics in USA. Average package: $67,667–$127,000. Methods offered: Fitbone, Ilizarov, LATN, LON, PRECICE, PRECICE 2, PRECICE Max, TSF, TSF (Taylor Spatial Frame).
The United States is the regulatory and price ceiling. Premier institutions — Paley, HSS, Rubin — run small annual case volumes at $90k–160k all-in, with the most extensive pre- and post-op imaging of any market. Patient-pay is the norm; insurance rarely covers cosmetic indications.
Side-by-side comparison
| # | Clinic | Lead surgeon | Methods | Price | Directory Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinnacle Orthopaedics Marietta, Georgia | Dr. William Dean Terrell | Ilizarov, TSF | — | 4.9 / 5 4200 reviews · 1 platform | T2 |
| 2 | California Pacific Orthopaedics San Francisco, California | Dr. Keith C. Donatto | — | 4.9 / 5 1600 reviews · 1 platform | T3 | |
| 3 | Ettore Vulcano, MD Miami Beach, Florida | Dr. Ettore Vulcano | — | 4.9 / 5 222 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins Limb Lengthening & Deformity Correction Program Baltimore, Maryland | Dr. Erin Honcharuk | — | 4.8 / 5 692 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 5 | Center for Problem Fractures and Limb Restoration Houston, Texas | Dr. Mark R. Brinker | Ilizarov, PRECICE 2 | — | 4.8 / 5 171 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 6 | Connecticut Orthopaedics Branford, Connecticut | Dr. Peter A. DeLuca | Ilizarov | — | 4.8 / 5 154 reviews · 1 platform | T3 |
| 7 | Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD Angleton, Texas | Dr. Ahmed Thabet Hagag | PRECICE 2, Ilizarov, TSF | — | 4.8 / 5 103 reviews · 1 platform | T2 |
| 8 | West Coast Lengthening Lake Oswego, Oregon | Dr. Stephen J. Wallace | PRECICE 2, PRECICE Max | — | 4.8 / 5 54 reviews · 1 platform | T3 |
| 9 | Scottish Rite for Children Dallas, Texas | Dr. David A. Podeszwa | Fitbone | — | 4.7 / 5 538 reviews · 1 platform | T2 |
| 10 | Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute Charlotte, North Carolina | Dr. Joseph R. Hsu | LON | — | 4.7 / 5 245 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 11 | Height Lengthening Burbank / Beverly Hills, California | Dr. Shahab Mahboubian | PRECICE 2, PRECICE Max | $85,000–$175,000 | 4.6 / 5 279 reviews · 4 platforms | T1 |
| 12 | Maimonides Bone & Joint Center Brooklyn, New York | Dr. Amr Abdelgawad | TSF, Ilizarov, PRECICE 2 | — | 4.5 / 5 48 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 13 | Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics Baltimore, Maryland | Dr. Philip K. McClure | PRECICE 2, Ilizarov, TSF | — | 4.4 / 5 114 reviews · 4 platforms | T1 |
| 14 | LimbplastX Institute Las Vegas, Nevada | Dr. Kevin Debiparshad | PRECICE 2, LATN, PRECICE Max | $84,000–$110,000 | 4.4 / 5 85 reviews · 2 platforms | T1 |
| 15 | Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute West Palm Beach, Florida | Dr. Dror Paley | PRECICE 2, PRECICE Max, Ilizarov +2 | $114,500–$313,000 | 4.3 / 5 616 reviews · 4 platforms | T1 |
| 16 | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School / University Hospital Newark, New Jersey | Dr. O. Folorunsho Edobor-Osula | Ilizarov | — | 4.2 / 5 113 reviews · 1 platform | T2 |
| 17 | Penn State Health Hershey, Pennsylvania | Dr. J. Spence Reid | Ilizarov, TSF | — | 4.2 / 5 53 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 18 | Miami Limb Lengthening Miami, Florida | Dr. Erik J. Geiger | — | 4.2 / 5 43 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 19 | The Joint Preservation and Limb Reconstruction Center Jupiter, Florida | Dr. Matthew Harris | — | 4.1 / 5 55 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 20 | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dr. Alexandre Arkader | PRECICE 2 | — | 4.0 / 5 1400 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 21 | Carilion Clinic Roanoke, Virginia | Dr. Trevor M. Owen | — | 4.0 / 5 121 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 22 | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, Illinois | Dr. Romie F. Gibly | — | 3.9 / 5 1400 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 23 | Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | Dr. Austin Fragomen | PRECICE 2, Ilizarov, TSF (Taylor Spatial Frame) +1 | $125,000–$135,000 | 3.9 / 5 863 reviews · 4 platforms | T1 |
| 24 | University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Cleveland, Ohio | Dr. Raymond W. Liu | — | 3.8 / 5 251 reviews · 1 platform | T1 | |
| 25 | Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, California | Dr. Geoffrey S. Marecek | — | 3.8 / 5 72 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 26 | Nicklaus Children's Hospital Miami, Florida | — | Ilizarov, PRECICE 2, TSF | — | 3.7 / 5 72 reviews · 1 platform | T3 |
| 27 | Penn Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dr. Samir Mehta | — | 3.6 / 5 133 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 28 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee | Dr. Daniel J. Stinner | — | 3.4 / 5 1400 reviews · 1 platform | T3 | |
| 29 | Rady Children's Hospital San Diego San Diego, California | Dr. Christopher D. Souder | — | 3.4 / 5 1000 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 30 | Loma Linda University Health Loma Linda, California | Dr. Corey B. Fuller | PRECICE 2, Ilizarov, TSF | — | 3.3 / 5 1100 reviews · 1 platform | T1 |
| 31 | Phoenix Children's Phoenix, Arizona | Dr. Mohan V. Belthur | — | 3.2 / 5 1500 reviews · 1 platform | T2 | |
| 32 | CU Limb Restoration Program Aurora, Colorado | Dr. Jason W. Stoneback | Ilizarov, TSF | — | 3.1 / 5 1600 reviews · 1 platform | T2 |
| 33 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts | Dr. Samantha Spencer | PRECICE 2, Ilizarov, TSF | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 34 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia | Dr. Jill Caplan Flanagan | TSF, PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 35 | Gillette Children's Saint Paul, Minnesota | Dr. Mark Dahl | Ilizarov, PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 36 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, Ohio | Dr. Christopher A. Iobst | Ilizarov, TSF, PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 37 | Nemours Children's International Limb Correction Center Orlando, Florida | Dr. Shawn C. Standard | PRECICE 2, TSF | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 38 | Shriners Children's St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri | Dr. J. Eric Gordon | PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 39 | UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Oakland, California | Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal | TSF | — | Unranked | T1 |
| 40 | Yale Limb Restoration and Lengthening Program New Haven, Connecticut | Dr. David Frumberg | — | Unranked | T1 | |
| 41 | Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics / Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Memphis, Tennessee | Dr. Benjamin W. Sheffer | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 42 | Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, California | Dr. Oussama Abousamra | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 43 | Children's National Hospital Washington, DC | Dr. Megan Lynne Young | PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 44 | Children's of Alabama / UAB Birmingham, Alabama | Dr. Shawn R. Gilbert | PRECICE | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 45 | Columbia Orthopedics / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York, NY | Dr. Joshua E. Hyman | Ilizarov | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 46 | Duke Health Durham, North Carolina | Dr. Malcolm DeBaun | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 47 | Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital / University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah | Dr. Christopher A. Makarewich | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 48 | JPS Health Network Fort Worth, Texas | Dr. Arvind D. Nana | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 49 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts | Dr. Amgad M. Haleem | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 50 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | Dr. Daniel E. Prince | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 51 | Montefiore Einstein Bronx, New York | Dr. Mani D. Kahn | TSF | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 52 | Premier Limb Lengthening Institute Upland, California | Dr. Hrayr G. Basmajian | PRECICE 2, PRECICE Max | $95,500–$195,000 | Unranked | T2 |
| 53 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, Washington | Dr. Mikhail (Mike) Tretiakov | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 54 | Shriners Children's Greenville Greenville, South Carolina | Dr. Ashley N. Startzman | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 55 | Shriners Children's Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dr. Sarah B. Nossov | TSF | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 56 | Shriners Children's Shreveport Shreveport, Louisiana | Dr. Kenneth P. Powell | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 57 | Shriners Children's Texas Galveston, Texas | Dr. Cody J. Sanderson | PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 58 | St. Luke's University Health Network Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Dr. Dustin A. Greenhill | PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 59 | UNC Health / UNC Children's Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Dr. Anna D. Vergun | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 60 | University Orthopaedic Associates Somerset, New Jersey | Dr. Sergei Pushilin | Ilizarov | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 61 | UVA Health Children's Charlottesville, Virginia | Dr. Mark J. Romness | Fitbone, PRECICE 2 | — | Unranked | T2 |
| 62 | Wellstar Orthopedics Marietta, Georgia | Dr. Stephen Becher | — | Unranked | T2 | |
| 63 | NuHeight Minimally Invasive Limb Lengthening Frisco, Texas | Dr. Justin M. Kane | PRECICE 2 | $105,000–$215,000 | Unranked | T3 |
| 64 | UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Dr. Amanda J. McCoy | — | Unranked | T3 |
Pinnacle Orthopaedics
Dr. William Dean Terrell, MD

California Pacific Orthopaedics
Dr. Keith C. Donatto, MD
Ettore Vulcano, MD
Dr. Ettore Vulcano, MD
Johns Hopkins Limb Lengthening & Deformity Correction Program
Dr. Erin Honcharuk, MD
Center for Problem Fractures and Limb Restoration
Dr. Mark R. Brinker, MD
Connecticut Orthopaedics
Dr. Peter A. DeLuca, MD
Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD
Dr. Ahmed Thabet Hagag, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAOS
West Coast Lengthening
Dr. Stephen J. Wallace, MD

Scottish Rite for Children
Dr. David A. Podeszwa, MD
Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute
Dr. Joseph R. Hsu, MD

Height Lengthening
Dr. Shahab Mahboubian, DO, MPH

Maimonides Bone & Joint Center
Dr. Amr Abdelgawad, MD, MBA

Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics
Dr. Philip K. McClure, MD

LimbplastX Institute
Dr. Kevin Debiparshad, MD, FRCSC

Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute
Dr. Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School / University Hospital
Dr. O. Folorunsho Edobor-Osula, MD, MPH

Penn State Health
Dr. J. Spence Reid, MD
Miami Limb Lengthening
Dr. Erik J. Geiger, MD
The Joint Preservation and Limb Reconstruction Center
Dr. Matthew Harris, MD, MBA
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Alexandre Arkader, MD
Carilion Clinic
Dr. Trevor M. Owen, MD, FAAOS

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Dr. Romie F. Gibly, MD, PhD, FAAOS

Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Austin Fragomen, MD
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's
Dr. Raymond W. Liu, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Dr. Geoffrey S. Marecek, MD
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Penn Medicine
Dr. Samir Mehta, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dr. Daniel J. Stinner, MD, PhD, FACS
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Dr. Christopher D. Souder, MD
Loma Linda University Health
Dr. Corey B. Fuller, MD, FAAOS
Phoenix Children's
Dr. Mohan V. Belthur, MD, FRCS
CU Limb Restoration Program
Dr. Jason W. Stoneback, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Dr. Samantha Spencer, MD
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Jill Caplan Flanagan, MD

Gillette Children's
Dr. Mark Dahl, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Dr. Christopher A. Iobst, MD, FAOA
Nemours Children's International Limb Correction Center
Dr. Shawn C. Standard, MD
Shriners Children's St. Louis
Dr. J. Eric Gordon, MD
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals
Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH

Yale Limb Restoration and Lengthening Program
Dr. David Frumberg, MD, FAAOS

Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics / Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Dr. Benjamin W. Sheffer, MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Dr. Oussama Abousamra, MD

Children's National Hospital
Dr. Megan Lynne Young, MD
Children's of Alabama / UAB
Dr. Shawn R. Gilbert, MD
Columbia Orthopedics / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Dr. Joshua E. Hyman, MD
Duke Health
Dr. Malcolm DeBaun, MD
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital / University of Utah Health
Dr. Christopher A. Makarewich, MD, FAAOS
JPS Health Network
Dr. Arvind D. Nana, MD, FAAOS, FAOA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Amgad M. Haleem, MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Daniel E. Prince, MD, MPH
Montefiore Einstein
Dr. Mani D. Kahn, MD, MPH

Premier Limb Lengthening Institute
Dr. Hrayr G. Basmajian, MD
Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Mikhail (Mike) Tretiakov, MD
Shriners Children's Greenville
Dr. Ashley N. Startzman, DO, FAOAO
Shriners Children's Philadelphia
Dr. Sarah B. Nossov, MD
Shriners Children's Shreveport
Dr. Kenneth P. Powell, MD
Shriners Children's Texas
Dr. Cody J. Sanderson, MD
St. Luke's University Health Network
Dr. Dustin A. Greenhill, MD

UNC Health / UNC Children's
Dr. Anna D. Vergun, MD
University Orthopaedic Associates
Dr. Sergei Pushilin, MD
UVA Health Children's
Dr. Mark J. Romness, MD
Wellstar Orthopedics
Dr. Stephen Becher, MD
NuHeight Minimally Invasive Limb Lengthening
Dr. Justin M. Kane, MD
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Dr. Amanda J. McCoy, MD, MPH, FAAOS, FCS (ECSA)
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