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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 October 2026.

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

$2,237

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,237 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$302 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,072 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,233Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $93 to $631
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $417

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
$371.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
7 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
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58

Where South 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,237

$417 physician + $1,820 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.