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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

Iowa 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?

$3,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$525 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,072 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,586Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $646

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
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
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$3,276

$646 physician + $2,630 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.