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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 July 2026.

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

$4,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$513$398 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$933 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,943Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $513

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
$776.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 50

$4,494

$513 physician + $3,981 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.