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Biopsy of the Joint at the Base of a Toe

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 28052

This procedure opens the joint where a toe meets the long bone of the foot (the metatarsophalangeal joint) through a small incision to obtain a tissue sample from inside it. It is used to investigate unexplained swelling, pain, or a suspected growth in that joint when other tests have not given a clear diagnosis. The joint is closed and the foot is typically protected in a stiff-soled shoe or splint afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Biopsy of the Joint at the Base of a Toe cost?

$1,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$339 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$871 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $263 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $468

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
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
6 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
$117.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 6.1 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

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$1,880

$468 physician + $1,413 facility

CO $6,296MT $1,039

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.