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Tendon Release in a Toe (Needle Procedure)

Oregon 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 8 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$398$240 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$389 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,786Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $200 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $468professional $398

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
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$407

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.