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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Minnesota 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?

$2,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$1,023$708 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$575 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $1,023

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
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$2,502

$1,023 physician + $1,479 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.