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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Missouri 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$339 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$724 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,571Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $457

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
$467.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
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
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 28th of 51

$479

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.