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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 9 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$2,754$2,512 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$2,884 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,166professional $2,754

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,691.53
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$2,884

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.