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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Illinois 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?

$2,195

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$331 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$832 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,623Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $282 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $457

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
$426.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 50

$2,195

$457 physician + $1,738 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.