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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Nevada 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 Nevada, 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 $2,239 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$427$316 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$562 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,888Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $288 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$288.40
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$457

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.