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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

New Jersey 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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$2,884$2,512 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$5,129 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $16,982Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $7,762
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$93,325.43
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 38th of 51

$3,020

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.