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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 28240

This is a surgical procedure that releases or lengthens a tight tendon in the foot near the big toe, done to relieve excessive pulling that is contributing to a toe or forefoot deformity. Loosening the tendon allows the toe to sit in a more normal position. It's often performed alongside other procedures correcting the same deformity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe cost?

$4,249

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 68 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$331 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,122 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,715Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $447

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
$457.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 11.9 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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IN $9,713WV $815

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.