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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Rhode Island 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?

$3,592

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$513 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,413 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,918Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $708

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
3 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
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$3,592

$708 physician + $2,884 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.