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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Idaho 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 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$417$339 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$447 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,898Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $417

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
$588.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 51

$427

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.