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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

South 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?

$3,672

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,672 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$437$339 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$550 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $372 to $20,417Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $437

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
$371.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where South 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

South Carolina· 27th of 50

$3,672

$437 physician + $3,236 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.