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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Indiana 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$309 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$933 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $372

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
$288.40
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
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
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$398

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.