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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Rhode Island 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?

$3,075

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$676$490 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $676

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
3 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
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$3,075

$676 physician + $2,399 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.