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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28306

Cuts the long bone behind the big toe, the first metatarsal, and moves it into a better position, sometimes making it shorter or longer at the same time. It is used for a crooked, overloaded or poorly aligned big toe that causes pain when walking. The bone is usually held in its new position with a screw, pin or small plate while it heals.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone cost?

$8,904

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,904 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$1,660$1,047 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,162 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,660

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,332.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$204.17
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.5 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$8,904

$1,660 physician + $7,244 facility

CO $9,949MT $1,532

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.