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Non-Surgical Treatment of a Broken Sesamoid Bone

Louisiana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$120 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$107 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,202Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $100 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $141

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$148

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.