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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

North Dakota 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?

$1,522

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$407 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,570Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $589professional $933

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
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,522

$933 physician + $589 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.