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Trimming The End Of A Toe Bone

Virginia 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?

$3,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$316$275 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,122 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $347 to $9,550Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $251 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $316

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
$302.00
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
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
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$3,407

$316 physician + $3,090 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.