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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

South Dakota 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?

$1,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$631$417 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$537 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,548Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $631

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
$316.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,372

$631 physician + $741 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.