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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Arizona 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$347 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$575 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,467Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $407

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
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
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$427

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.