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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Iowa 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?

$3,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$759$646 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,096 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,586Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $759

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
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$3,389

$759 physician + $2,630 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.