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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Florida 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?

$2,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$240 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,047 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,749Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $83 to $562
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $339

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
$524.81
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
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
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23

Where Florida 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

Florida· 33rd of 51

$2,244

$339 physician + $1,905 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.