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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

Oregon 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 8 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$501$363 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$490 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,898Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $245 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $501

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
$630.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 6th of 51

$525

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.