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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Michigan 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?

$2,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$355 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,230 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,169Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $457

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
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$2,407

$457 physician + $1,950 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.