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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Nebraska 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$513$347 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,479 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $407 to $13,490Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $513

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
$549.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$589

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.