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Release of Scar Tissue From Multiple Foot Flexor Tendons

Virginia rates for HCPCS 28222

This surgery frees flexor tendons in the foot, the tendons that bend the toes downward, from surrounding scar tissue so they can glide and move normally again. This version addresses more than one tendon during the same operation, typically after an injury or previous surgery has caused the tendons to become stuck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release of Scar Tissue From Multiple Foot Flexor Tendons cost?

$525

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $661.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $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
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Hawaii 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$525

HI $1,148KY $427

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.