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Resetting A Broken Heel Bone Without Surgery

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 28405

A broken heel bone is guided back into better position by hand, without opening the skin, and then held in a cast, splint or boot. Numbing medicine or sedation is given so the bone can be moved. X-rays confirm the new position and follow-up visits check that it holds while the bone knits.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Resetting A Broken Heel Bone Without Surgery cost?

$936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$457 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$170 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,738Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $589

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
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
14 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
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in New York than in Delaware. 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

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$936

$589 physician + $347 facility

NY $3,063DE $576

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.