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Nonsurgical Treatment of a Broken Heel Bone

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 28400

This treats a fracture of the calcaneus, the heel bone, without any incision or surgery. It's used when the bone fragments are already in an acceptable position, so treatment consists of immobilizing the foot, often with a cast and limits on putting weight on it, while the bone heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nonsurgical Treatment of a Broken Heel Bone cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$269 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$316 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $288 to $3,631Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$794.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$372

AK $661HI $234

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.