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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Missouri 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$269 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,079Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$338.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$447

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.