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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 July 2026.

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

$5,324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$427$316 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,479 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $427

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 9th of 50

$5,324

$427 physician + $4,898 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.