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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Nebraska 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?

$3,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$589$447 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,585 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,318Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $589

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
$446.68
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$3,159

$589 physician + $2,570 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.