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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

South 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?

$2,456

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,456 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$759 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$891 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,692Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $977

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58

Where South 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$2,456

$977 physician + $1,479 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.