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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Colorado 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?

$5,922

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,922 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,096 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $447 to $12,882Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $288 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $427

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
$446.68
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$5,922

$427 physician + $5,495 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.