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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 July 2026.

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

$4,531

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$324 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$661 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,918Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $288 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 16th of 50

$4,531

$457 physician + $4,074 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.