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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Delaware 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?

$1,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$479$363 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,884Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
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
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$1,992

$479 physician + $1,514 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.