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Toe Amputation at the Joint

South Carolina 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?

$5,595

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$263 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$617 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $302 to $12,023Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $178 to $759
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $347

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
$338.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 8th of 50

$5,595

$347 physician + $5,248 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.