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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

North Carolina 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?

$2,341

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$479$331 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$977 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,623Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $251 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $479

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
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
8 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
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$2,341

$479 physician + $1,862 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.