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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Idaho 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?

$2,702

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$562 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,318 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,244Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $661

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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
13 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
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 26th of 51

$2,702

$661 physician + $2,042 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.