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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Minnesota 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?

$2,585

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,585 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,072$708 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$617 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $1,072

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
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$2,585

$1,072 physician + $1,514 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.