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Partial Removal of Heel Bone for Spur or Growth

Delaware rates for HCPCS 28119

This surgery removes part of the heel bone, most often to shave down a bone spur or other bony overgrowth causing pain. The surgeon accesses the area through an incision and removes only the affected portion of bone rather than the entire heel bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Partial Removal of Heel Bone for Spur or Growth cost?

$1,017

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$363 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$363 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,802Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $339 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Delaware· 49th of 50

$1,017

$468 physician + $550 facility

ME $10,758MD $845

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.