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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 July 2026.

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

$1,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$501$437 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$550 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $513 to $977Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $661professional $501

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,162

$501 physician + $661 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.