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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

New Jersey 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?

$7,064

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$457$324 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,571 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,965Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $457

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
$616.60
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,135.61
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$7,064

$457 physician + $6,607 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.