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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Mississippi 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$347$240 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$692 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,802Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $214 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $347

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
$218.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 39th of 51

$363

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.