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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Kentucky 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?

$2,332

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$324 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$794 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,244Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $708
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $427

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
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$2,332

$427 physician + $1,905 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.