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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Kentucky 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?

$2,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$794 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,244Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $214 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $355

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
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 51

$2,260

$355 physician + $1,905 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.