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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Michigan 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?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$3,162$2,512 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,898 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $16,982Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,898professional $3,162

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
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$3,388

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.