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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Iowa 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?

$3,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$407 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$813 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,943Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $468

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
$707.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 50

$3,856

$468 physician + $3,388 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.