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Toe Amputation at the Joint

Delaware rates for HCPCS 28820

Surgical removal of a toe at the joint where it meets the foot (the metatarsophalangeal joint), typically done due to severe infection, poor blood flow, or tissue death that can't be treated another way. It's a significant procedure aimed at removing damaged tissue and preventing the spread of infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe Amputation at the Joint cost?

$604

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$178 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$178 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $166 to $9,550Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $309professional $295

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
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 25.6 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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

Delaware· 49th of 50

$604

$295 physician + $309 facility

WY $9,527ME $372

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.