go back

Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Louisiana 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$372$295 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,365Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $219 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $372

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
$457.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$457

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.