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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Kentucky 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 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 6 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$2,630$2,344 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$2,951 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,467
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $8,511professional $2,630

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
$851.14
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$16,595.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$2,692

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.