Hammertoe surgery cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for hammertoe correction surgery: from $18,059.42 to $32,051.93, with a median of $24,659.47. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center — $6,600.05 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $3,444.00 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $18,059.42 | $66,886.73 | $504.39–$66,886.73 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $22,350.62 | $82,780.09 | $490.03–$74,502.08 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $26,968.31 | $112,367.95 | $490.03–$101,131.15 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $32,051.93 | $106,839.77 | $347.91–$96,155.79 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $18,059.42, median $24,659.47, highest $32,051.93 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $426.17. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 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.
12 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 28285 ($2,889.25). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN28285 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $212.40 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN28285,RT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $212.40 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN28285,LT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $212.40 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN28285,LT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN28285,RT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN28285 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN28285,LT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN28285,RT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN28285 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $238.95 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN28285 REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $265.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN28285,RT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $265.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN28285,LT REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE | $265.50 | file |