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Removal Of A Bony Bump On The Foot (Not The Big Toe Joint)

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 28288

This procedure surgically shaves down or removes a bony bump or overgrowth on a foot bone, such as a bunionette on the outside of the foot near the little toe, excluding the bump at the base of the big toe, which is treated under a separate service. It can relieve pain and pressure caused by the prominent bone rubbing against footwear.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Bony Bump On The Foot (Not The Big Toe Joint) cost?

$1,488

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$871$562 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$437 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $871

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$1,488

$871 physician + $617 facility

IN $10,537MD $989

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.