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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$2,630 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,512 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,804Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$933.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd 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.