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Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth From The Foot Or Toe

Michigan rates for HCPCS 28043

A lump in the soft tissue of the foot or a toe is cut out from the fatty layer just beneath the skin, above the tough sheet of tissue that wraps the deeper muscles. It covers growths at the smaller end of the size range handled this way. Whatever is removed is normally sent for laboratory examination.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft Tissue Growth From The Foot Or Toe cost?

$2,568

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$309 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$562 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,074Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $240 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $380

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
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
13 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
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 10th of 51

$2,568

$380 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $4,754MT $976

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.