Broken foot treatment cost in Washington, DC
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 11 hospitals list a cash price for broken foot (metatarsal) treatment without surgery or setting: from $290.50 to $635.91, with a median of $380.00. The lowest listed price is at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center — $89.50 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $516.15 at 3 hospitals.
- The median here, $380.00, is 8% below the US median of $414.00.
- That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($252.01).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 28470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 30, 2024 and Apr 2, 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center lowest Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Chg - 28470 Cl Rx Metarsal Fx-No Mnp+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $290.50 | $581.00 | — | 50% |
| Stafford Hospital Stafford, VA · (540) 741-9000 Treat metatarsal fracture File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file | $354.50 | $709.00 | $225.00–$4,450.00 | 50% |
| Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg, VA · (540) 741-1100 Treat metatarsal fracture File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file | $354.50 | $709.00 | $225.00–$4,450.00 | 50% |
| Children's National Hospital Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 28470 Closed Tx w/o Manip; MT Fx File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $363.00 | $726.00 | $253.49–$2,442.00 | 50% |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC TX CLOSED METATARSAL FX W/O MANIP EA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $380.00 | $760.00 | $239.88–$2,561.00 | 50% |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC TX CLOSED METATARSAL FX W/O MANIP EA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $380.00 | $760.00 | $239.88–$2,561.00 | 50% |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC TX CLOSED METATARSAL FX W/O MANIP EA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $380.00 | $760.00 | $239.88–$2,561.00 | 50% |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC TX CLOSED METATARSAL FX W/O MANIP EA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $380.00 | $760.00 | $239.88–$2,561.00 | 50% |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC TX CLOSED METATARSAL FX W/O MANIP EA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $380.00 | $760.00 | $239.88–$2,561.00 | 50% |
| MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 METATARSAL FX WO MANIPULATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $516.15 | $794.07 | $222.34–$714.66 | 35% |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 METATARSAL FX WO MANIPULATION+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $635.91 | $978.33 | $283.72–$3,175.00 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $290.50, median $380.00, highest $635.91 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $380.00. 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 10 of 10 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.
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