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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Georgia 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?

$4,658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$355 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,820 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,413Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $490

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
$512.86
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 14th of 50

$4,658

$490 physician + $4,169 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.