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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28208

This procedure surgically repairs a torn or injured extensor tendon in the foot, the tendon that helps straighten or lift the toes. The surgeon stitches the damaged tendon ends back together without needing to add a tissue graft. It addresses one tendon at a time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot cost?

$5,209

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$851 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,570 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 5th of 51

$5,209

$1,318 physician + $3,890 facility

VT $12,892MT $1,170

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.