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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 28232

In this procedure a surgeon makes a small incision to cut a tight tendon that pulls a toe downward or curls it. Releasing the tendon relieves the tension causing the toe to bend abnormally, such as in a hammertoe. It addresses a single tendon in one toe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$257 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$759 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,291Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $219 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $347

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
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$380

MN $692WV $275

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.