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Open Repair of a Broken Metatarsal

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 28485

Repairs a broken metatarsal — one of the long bones running through the middle of the foot — through an incision that lets the surgeon see the fragments and set them precisely, usually holding them with a plate, screws or a pin. It is chosen when the break is badly displaced, angled or unstable, or sits in a spot that heals poorly on its own. Each broken bone treated this way is counted separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Metatarsal cost?

$5,263

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$603 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,818 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $692

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
3 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 7.5 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

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$5,263

$692 physician + $4,571 facility

CO $13,659MT $1,825

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.