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Amputation of the Foot Through the Long Bones

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 28805

Removes the front part of the foot by cutting across the long bones that lead to the toes, leaving the heel and midfoot intact. A flap of healthy skin from the sole is used to cover the end. It is done when the front of the foot cannot be saved because of infection, poor blood supply or severe injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Amputation of the Foot Through the Long Bones cost?

$5,921

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,921 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 57 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$759 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,138 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,291
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. 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

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NE $9,642MD $1,468

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.