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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Minnesota 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$851$589 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,047 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,166Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,622
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,862professional $851

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
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $871 · 2nd of 51
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.