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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

Nebraska 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?

$2,944

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$490$363 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,318Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $490

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
$371.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$2,944

$490 physician + $2,455 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.