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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Kentucky 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?

$3,606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$295$219 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,950 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,511Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $200 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $295

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
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 25th of 50

$3,606

$295 physician + $3,311 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.