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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$407$316 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,259 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,333Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $407

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
$467.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 18th of 51

$537

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.