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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Illinois 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?

$3,280

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,280 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$589$447 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,413 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,754Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $389 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $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
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
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
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$3,280

$589 physician + $2,692 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.