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Surgery for a Broken Toe Bone

Tennessee 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?

$2,848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$661$490 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,413 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,898Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $380 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $661

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
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
7 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
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$2,848

$661 physician + $2,188 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.