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Toe-Straightening Tendon Release, Single

Vermont rates for HCPCS 28225

This surgery frees a toe-straightening tendon in the foot that has become bound down by scar tissue, so it can move and glide normally again. The surgeon carefully separates the tendon from the surrounding scar without cutting the tendon itself. This treats a single tendon that has lost its normal range of motion, often after a prior injury or surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe-Straightening Tendon Release, Single cost?

$447

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $490.

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 $447 · 10th to 90th $309 to $575
$200$500$1Kprofessional $447

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
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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· 21st of 51

$447

HI $1,072WV $347

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.