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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Mississippi 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$427$316 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$676 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,715Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $871
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,148professional $427

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
$275.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $457 · 35th 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.