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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Kansas 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$363$316 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$501 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $309 to $7,413Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$478.63
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 32nd of 51

$389

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.