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Removal Of A Heel/Ankle Bone Growth With Grafting

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 28102

A surgery to scrape out or remove a fluid-filled cyst or noncancerous growth from the heel bone or the ankle bone. The resulting space is then filled with a piece of the patient's own bone to support healing. It is used to treat a benign bone lesion that is causing pain, weakening the bone, or otherwise needs to be addressed surgically.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Heel/Ankle Bone Growth With Grafting cost?

$6,071

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,071 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$324 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,349 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $794 to $21,380Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $102 to $832
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $575

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
$707.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 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
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.1 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

South Carolina· 20th of 51

$6,071

$575 physician + $5,495 facility

CO $14,034MT $1,977

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.