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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Alaska 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?

$1,594

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,594 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$407 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$437 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,951Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $933

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
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska· 41st of 50

$1,594

$933 physician + $661 facility

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.