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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 July 2026.

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

$1,685

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$977$437 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$468 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,236Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $977

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
$1,023.29
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 42nd of 50

$1,685

$977 physician + $708 facility

IN $9,759WV $884

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.