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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Missouri 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?

$3,765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,778 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,749Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $603

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
$512.86
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
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
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$3,765

$603 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.