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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Maryland 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?

$1,716

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,716 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$457$331 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$525 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,820Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $955
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $457

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 40th of 50

$1,716

$457 physician + $1,259 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.