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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Alabama rates for HCPCS 28126

A surgical procedure that removes part or all of the base of a bone in a toe, most often to correct a toe that has become permanently bent or curled, such as a hammertoe. Taking out that segment of bone shortens the toe enough for it to be repositioned into better alignment. It is handled one toe at a time when more than one toe is involved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base cost?

$3,199

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,199 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$380$251 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,259 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,365Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $209 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $380

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$3,199

$380 physician + $2,818 facility

IN $10,324WV $710

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.