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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Maryland 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$398$316 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$479 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,622Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $661
$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $398

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$398

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.