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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 October 2026.

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

$2,354

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,354 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$447 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$977 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,129Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $575

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
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
8 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
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$2,354

$575 physician + $1,778 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.