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Reattachment Of A Severed Foot

Tennessee 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$3,236$2,630 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$3,236 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $5,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $3,236

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77,624.71
Typical High
$77,624.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$3,311

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.