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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Montana 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$389$331 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$417 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $813Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $234 to $692
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $501professional $389

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 22nd of 51

$407

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.