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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 28525

Repairs a broken bone in a toe through an incision, lining the fragments up under direct view and holding them in place with a pin, screw or wire when needed. It is used when the pieces are badly out of position, involve a joint, or cannot be held straight in a splint or buddy strapping. The foot is protected in a stiff-soled shoe or boot while the bone knits.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone cost?

$5,558

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$661$562 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,570 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,303Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $661

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
6 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
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alabama 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$5,558

$661 physician + $4,898 facility

AL $8,423MT $1,458

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.