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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Louisiana 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?

$2,910

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$398$302 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,096 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,495Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $229 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$467.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$2,910

$398 physician + $2,512 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.