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Permanent Nail and Nail Bed Removal

Alabama rates for HCPCS 11750

Surgical removal of all or part of a toenail or fingernail along with the tissue underneath that produces new nail growth, done to permanently prevent that part of the nail from regrowing. It's commonly used for a chronically ingrown or badly deformed nail.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Permanent Nail and Nail Bed Removal cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $646 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$145 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$407 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $141 to $955Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

$200

AK $427TX $132

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.