Surgery and procedures CPT 28285 Outpatient

Hammertoe surgery cost in Albany, NY

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hammertoe correction surgery: from $7,706.00 to $19,453.49, with a median of $13,579.75. The lowest listed price is at Samaritan Hospital — $5,873.75 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,497.44 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 28285, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$7,706.00Samaritan Hospital
Median$13,579.75half pay less
Highest$19,453.49in this market
Difference2.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.

median
Lowest $7,706.00Highest $19,453.49

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Samaritan Hospital lowest Troy, NY · (518) 427-3402 PR Correction Hammertoe $7,706.00 — $25.58–$20,841.65 — Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital Albany, NY · (518) 525-1550 PR Correction Hammertoe $19,453.49 — $256.58–$36,875.88 — Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $7,706.00, median $13,579.75, highest $19,453.49 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

Hammertoe surgery straightens a bent toe by removing a small piece of bone or fusing the joint.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.