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Tendon Release in a Toe (Needle Procedure)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 28010

In this procedure, a doctor cuts a tight tendon in a toe through a small needle puncture in the skin rather than through an open incision. It is done to release a toe that is curled or bent out of position, such as a hammertoe, so it can straighten or move more freely.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tendon Release in a Toe (Needle Procedure) cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$191 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,259 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,266Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $174 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $219

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$240

AK $589DE $214

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.