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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Alabama 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?

$3,823

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,188 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,715Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $389 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $661

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$3,823

$661 physician + $3,162 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.