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Release of Scarred Flexor Tendon, Foot

Vermont 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 physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $537.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $363 to $631
$200$500$1Kprofessional $537

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
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 17th 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.