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Removal Of Part Or All Of A Toe Bone Base

South Carolina 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?

$3,453

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$363$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$437 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $295 to $20,417Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $229 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $363

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
$281.84
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 50

$3,453

$363 physician + $3,090 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.