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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Rhode Island 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?

$2,948

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $550

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
3 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
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$2,948

$550 physician + $2,399 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.