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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28220

This procedure frees a tendon on the underside of the foot from surrounding scar tissue that has built up and is restricting its normal movement, often following a prior injury or surgery. Releasing the tendon can improve the toe's or foot's range of motion and reduce pain associated with the tightness. It is a single-tendon procedure performed as a distinct surgical step.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$813 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$724 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$154.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,259

AK $1,259TX $282

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.