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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

Massachusetts 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?

$2,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$324 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$372 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,129Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,023
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $468

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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 50

$2,557

$468 physician + $2,089 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.