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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Montana 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?

$1,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$525$468 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$537 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,239Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $525

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,170

$525 physician + $646 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.