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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20838

Surgery to reattach a foot that has been completely cut off. The surgeon fixes the bones, then reconnects arteries, veins, nerves, and tendons so the foot regains a blood supply and can heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reattachment Of A Severed Foot cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,884$2,291 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$3,467 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$3,467

CA $9,772KY $2,692

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.