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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 July 2026.

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

$3,709

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,709 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$398$288 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,950 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $398

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
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 26th of 50

$3,709

$398 physician + $3,311 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.