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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Illinois 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?

$2,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$398$295 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$813 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,166Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $245 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $398

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
$380.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 50

$2,260

$398 physician + $1,862 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.