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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Alabama 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 July 2026.

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

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 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$427$309 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,266Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $427

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
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
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
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
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
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 23rd of 51

$501

CA $1,288KY $380

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.