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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Iowa 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?

$4,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$355 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$813 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,943Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $437

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
$616.60
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$4,418

$437 physician + $3,981 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.