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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

North Dakota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$479$363 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$245 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,236Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $479

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
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 9th of 51

$468

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.