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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Minnesota 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?

$2,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$851$589 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$490 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,457Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $851

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
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
6 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
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 51

$2,139

$851 physician + $1,288 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.