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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

North Carolina 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?

$1,203

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,203 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$479$389 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$468 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $309 to $6,310Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $724professional $479

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
$309.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,203

$479 physician + $724 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.