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Non-Surgical Treatment of a Broken Sesamoid Bone

Massachusetts 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$141 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$120 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,188Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $112 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $186

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
$316.23
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
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
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$186

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.