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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

New Mexico 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?

$4,584

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$490 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,230 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,913Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $295 to $912
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 14th of 51

$4,584

$603 physician + $3,981 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.