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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Connecticut 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?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 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$3,548$2,455 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$5,248 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $23,442Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $3,548

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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 15th of 51

$3,981

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.