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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 6 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$457$347 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,549 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,079Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $794
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,467professional $457

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
$467.74
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Georgia $501 · 24th of 51
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.