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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Delaware 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?

$9,320

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$295 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$7,244 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,913Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 2nd of 50

$9,320

$407 physician + $8,913 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.