Surgery and procedures CPT 28285 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hammertoe surgery cost in Pottsville, PA — inpatient

In Pottsville, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hammertoe correction surgery as an inpatient: from $3,600.00 to $3,600.00, with a median of $3,600.00. The lowest listed price is at Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus and 1 other hospital. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $4,340.90 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 28285, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 26, 2026 and Feb 27, 2026.

Lowest$3,600.00Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus + 1 more

Median$3,600.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,600.00in this market

Difference1.0×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 Pottsville, PA.

median

Lowest $3,600.00Highest $3,600.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Geisinger St Luke's Hospital - Orwigsburg Campus lowest Orwigsburg, PA · (272) 639-4990 HB REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file	$3,600.00	$4,000.00	$1,000.80–$1,101.20	10%
St Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus lowest Coaldale, PA · (570) 645-2131 HB REPAIR OF HAMMERTOE File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file	$3,600.00	$4,000.00	$1,038.00–$1,124.80	10%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking.

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth.

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $3,600.00, median $3,600.00, highest $3,600.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,600.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 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.