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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Missouri 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?

$3,191

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,191 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$355 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,913Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $437

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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$3,191

$437 physician + $2,754 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.