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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Montana 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$525$427 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$525 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $871Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $288 to $871
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $603professional $525

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76

Where Montana 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.

Montana $537 · 15th 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.