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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Kentucky 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$363$275 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$457 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $324 to $10,715Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $363

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
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$380

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.