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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28153

Removes the rounded knobs at the far end of one of the small bones inside a toe. Taking away that prominence lets a bent or crooked toe lie straighter and relieves the pressure that causes a painful corn or callus over the joint. It is done through a small incision, on one toe at a time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone cost?

$4,702

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,072$759 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,512 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$4,702

$1,072 physician + $3,631 facility

CO $6,296MT $1,002

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.