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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Kansas 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$525$437 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$347 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,631Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $525

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
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
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 18th of 51

$525

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.