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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Alabama 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?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$324 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,230 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,266Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $269 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $437

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
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 30th of 50

$3,067

$437 physician + $2,630 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.