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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Arizona 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 5 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$363$257 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,445 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,607Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $363

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
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 25th of 51

$398

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.