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Setting a Broken Midfoot Bone by Hand

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 28455

Treatment without surgery of a break in one of the bones in the middle of the foot. The bone is pushed back into position by hand and the foot is held in a cast, splint or boot while it heals, and it is charged for each bone treated this way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Setting a Broken Midfoot Bone by Hand cost?

$636

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $636 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $219 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$417$309 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$219$129 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $81 to $912Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $275 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $219professional $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
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
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
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Colorado than in Florida. 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· 41st of 51

$636

$417 physician + $219 facility

CO $4,157FL $396

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.