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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Iowa 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?

$4,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$794 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,202 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $11,482Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $955

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
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$4,117

$955 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.