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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

South Carolina 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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$2,951$2,512 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,236 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $33,884Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,365
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $2,951

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
$3,162.28
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$3,162

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.