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Non-Surgical Treatment of a Broken Sesamoid Bone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 28530

This treats a fracture of a sesamoid bone, a small bone embedded in a tendon underneath the big toe joint, without surgery. Care typically involves immobilizing the foot, such as with a stiff-soled shoe, boot, or cast, to let the bone heal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Non-Surgical Treatment of a Broken Sesamoid Bone cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $646 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$110 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$398 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $115 to $977Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $138

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$138

AK $427FL $95.50

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.