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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Illinois 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?

$2,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$513$380 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$813 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $468 to $7,762Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $295 to $977
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$436.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 50

$2,291

$513 physician + $1,778 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.