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Repair of Poorly Healed Foot Bone

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 28320

Surgery on a tarsal bone — one of the bones of the back half of the foot — that has failed to heal or has healed in a faulty position. The operation repairs the bone so it can heal correctly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of Poorly Healed Foot Bone cost?

$7,169

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,169 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$562$324 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$1,660 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $955 to $21,380Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $95 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $562

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
$707.95
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
12 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
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Alaska 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 Carolina· 22nd of 51

$7,169

$562 physician + $6,607 facility

AK $19,890MT $1,977

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.