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Release of a Toe Flexor Tendon

South 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$479$324 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$398 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,090Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$490

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.