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Release Of Multiple Extensor Tendons In The Foot

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 28226

This surgery frees up multiple extensor tendons on the top of the foot, which lift the toes upward, when they have become bound down by scar tissue and cannot glide normally. The surgeon carefully separates each tendon from the surrounding scarred tissue so it can move freely again. This is done after an injury, prior surgery, or inflammation has caused the tendons to stick in place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of Multiple Extensor Tendons In The Foot cost?

$3,159

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$447 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,349 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $589

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
$549.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Tennessee· 27th of 50

$3,159

$589 physician + $2,570 facility

IN $9,800WV $1,088

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.