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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Utah 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?

$5,084

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$513$380 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,162 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,943Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $513

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
$630.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95

Where Utah 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

Utah· 11th of 50

$5,084

$513 physician + $4,571 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.