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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Louisiana 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 5 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$468$372 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,365Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $282 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $468

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
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$550

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.