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Repair of a Torn Toe-Straightening Tendon in the Foot

Virginia 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?

$3,400

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$339 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$891 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $407 to $9,333Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $380

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
$354.81
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
6 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
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$3,400

$380 physician + $3,020 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.