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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

Massachusetts 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?

$1,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$562$407 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$389 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $288 to $3,890Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $562

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
7 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
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$1,562

$562 physician + $1,000 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.