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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

North Dakota 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?

$1,550

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,550 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$708 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$490 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,570Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $617professional $933

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
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,550

$933 physician + $617 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.