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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Colorado 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?

$6,378

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$398 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,512 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,023Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $490

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
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
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,378

$490 physician + $5,888 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.