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Procedure price report · Bunionectomy or repair of toe deformities

Correction of an upturned little toe with skin repair

CPT 28286the billing code this page is about

Surgery to straighten a fifth toe that sits up out of line, including reshaping the soft tissue and closing the skin with a plastic repair.

Hospitals typically charge $1,472 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 364 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,039. Most fall between $656 and $4,330 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
364
States
42
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 364 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
$479$754$1,472$3,840$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($479 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$309 – $436: 13 hospitals$309$436 – $616: 37 hospitals$616 – $869: 51 hospitals$616$869 – $1,225: 45 hospitals$1,225 – $1,728: 31 hospitals$1,225$1,728 – $2,438: 8 hospitals$2,438 – $3,440: 44 hospitals$2,438$3,440 – $4,852: 63 hospitals$4,852 – $6,845: 21 hospitals$4,852$6,845 – $9,656: 15 hospitals$6,845median $1,472price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (328 of 364 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$309$43613
$436$61637
$616$86951
$869$1,22545
$1,225$1,72831
$1,728$2,4388
$2,438$3,44044
$3,440$4,85263
$4,852$6,84521
$6,845$9,65615

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$1,472
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

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 $1,472.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $804 across 16 hospitalsIL$804Wisconsin: median $1,503 across 10 hospitalsWI$1,503Michigan: median $873 across 25 hospitalsMI$873New York: median $3,840 across 21 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $798 across 14 hospitalsOR$798Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,122 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,122Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,222 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,222Pennsylvania: median $3,218 across 20 hospitalsPA$3,218New Jersey: median $4,330 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,509 across 26 hospitalsCA$2,509Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $705 across 11 hospitalsMO$705Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $496 across 13 hospitalsOK$496Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $3,184 across 25 hospitalsTX$3,184Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,472. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ30$4,330+194%$3,591 – $5,339
New York NY21$3,840+161%$3,840 – $4,084
Pennsylvania PA20$3,218+119%$185 – $6,114
Texas TX25$3,184+116%$1,707 – $4,255
California CA26$2,509+70%$1,413 – $2,509
Wisconsin WI10$1,503+2%$1,503 – $1,503
Ohio OH10$1,222−17%$737 – $3,553
Iowa IA19$1,122−24%$787 – $1,122
Michigan MI25$873−41%$586 – $873
Illinois IL16$804−45%$479 – $1,334
Oregon OR14$798−46%$798 – $1,472
Missouri MO11$705−52%$560 – $1,719
Oklahoma OK13$496−66%$496 – $4,556
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $1,472.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care281$2,509$679 – $4,350
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$885$585 – $3,184
Ownership
For-profit41$4,515$737 – $9,236
Government59$1,106$692 – $3,840
Non-profit264$1,482$635 – $4,048
System affiliation
Part of a system291$1,503$679 – $4,330
Independent73$1,138$629 – $4,224

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,589
Median cash price$1,472
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

187 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $934 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,421; most fall between $496 and $3,184.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 187 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
$479$533$934$2,509$4,771

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($479 vs $4,771).

Of the 207 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 187 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

364 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 398 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted364
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code398

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 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Bunionectomy or repair of toe deformities family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Correction Cock-Up 5th Toe W/Plastic Closure.

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, “Correction of an upturned little toe with skin repair (CPT 28286) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28286-correction-of-an-upturned-little-toe-with-skin-repair