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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Idaho 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?

$1,597

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$550$417 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$501 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,244Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $550

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 50

$1,597

$550 physician + $1,047 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.