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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Colorado 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?

$6,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$372$257 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,862 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $380 to $12,882Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $372

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
$389.05
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$6,260

$372 physician + $5,888 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.