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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 October 2026.

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

$2,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$407 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,623Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $490

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
$501.19
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$2,075

$490 physician + $1,585 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.