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Complete Removal of the Ankle Bone (Talus)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 28130

Surgical removal of the entire talus, the bone that sits between the shinbone and the heel bone and forms the core of the ankle joint. This is a major procedure typically reserved for severe bone infection, a destroyed joint, certain deformities, or cancer involving the bone, when the bone cannot be saved or repaired. Removing the talus significantly changes how the ankle and foot function, and further reconstruction or fusion is often needed afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complete Removal of the Ankle Bone (Talus) cost?

$3,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$776$617 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,202 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,607Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $776

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$588.84
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
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Maine 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· 37th of 50

$3,468

$776 physician + $2,692 facility

ME $15,532WV $1,234

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.