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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Tennessee 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$380 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$724 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,981Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $513

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
7 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
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$550

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.