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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Utah 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?

$4,884

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$417$117 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,000 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $575 to $15,488Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $63 to $661
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $417

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
$575.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
7 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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 51

$4,884

$417 physician + $4,467 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.