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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 July 2026.

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

$5,952

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$457$324 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,122 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $447 to $12,882Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $457

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
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 8th of 50

$5,952

$457 physician + $5,495 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.