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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Delaware 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?

$1,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,023 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,236Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $398

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
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,882.50
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
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
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$1,912

$398 physician + $1,514 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.