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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Arizona 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?

$3,427

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,427 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$302 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,738 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,761Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $407

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 50

$3,427

$407 physician + $3,020 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.