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Cutting and Repositioning the Big Toe Bone

Virginia 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?

$4,292

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$417 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,122 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $490

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
$645.65
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
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
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$4,292

$490 physician + $3,802 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.