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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Surgical joining of two toes together

CPT 28280the billing code this page is about

Operation that deliberately fuses the skin and soft tissue of two adjacent toes so they stay side by side, often done to stabilize a deformed toe.

Hospitals typically charge $1,857 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 392 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,175. Most fall between $651 and $4,881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
392
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$526$794$1,857$4,130$7,286

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($526 vs $7,286).

How the prices are spread

$397 – $539: 26 hospitals$397$539 – $731: 44 hospitals$731 – $991: 39 hospitals$731$991 – $1,344: 32 hospitals$1,344 – $1,823: 33 hospitals$1,344$1,823 – $2,473: 30 hospitals$2,473 – $3,355: 28 hospitals$2,473$3,355 – $4,550: 57 hospitals$4,550 – $6,172: 27 hospitals$4,550$6,172 – $8,372: 38 hospitals$6,172median $1,857price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (354 of 392 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$397$53926
$539$73144
$731$99139
$991$1,34432
$1,344$1,82333
$1,823$2,47330
$2,473$3,35528
$3,355$4,55057
$4,550$6,17227
$6,172$8,37238

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$1,857
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.56×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,857.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $942 across 15 hospitalsIL$942Wisconsin: median $1,864 across 29 hospitalsWI$1,864Michigan: median $651 across 28 hospitalsMI$651New York: median $3,840 across 27 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $905 across 12 hospitalsOR$905Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,286 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,286Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $579 across 22 hospitalsPA$579New Jersey: median $4,130 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,130Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,286 across 29 hospitalsCA$7,286Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $631 across 12 hospitalsOK$631Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,778 across 22 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,857. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$7,286+292%$4,187 – $7,286
New Jersey NJ31$4,130+122%$3,591 – $5,339
New York NY27$3,840+107%$872 – $3,884
Texas TX22$2,778+50%$1,707 – $2,927
Wisconsin WI29$1,8640%$1,756 – $3,162
Iowa IA21$1,286−31%$1,286 – $1,340
Illinois IL15$942−49%$526 – $1,286
Oregon OR12$905−51%$905 – $1,581
Michigan MI28$651−65%$651 – $1,864
Oklahoma OK12$631−66%$631 – $631
Pennsylvania PA22$579−69%$140 – $5,486
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,857.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care310$2,228$670 – $5,317
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$1,305$621 – $2,778
Ownership
For-profit43$2,927$631 – $5,468
Government48$1,305$752 – $3,840
Non-profit301$1,857$651 – $5,038
System affiliation
Part of a system317$1,864$651 – $5,352
Independent75$1,326$606 – $3,553

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,768
Median cash price$1,857
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

232 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,502 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,857; most fall between $610 and $5,232.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 232 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$485$631$1,502$3,650$7,286

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($485 vs $7,286).

Of the 249 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 232 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

392 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 433 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted392
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code433

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Syndactylization Toes.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical joining of two toes together (CPT 28280) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28280-surgical-joining-of-two-toes-together