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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Indiana 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?

$9,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$288 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$4,898 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $17,783Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $263 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $380

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$9,713

$380 physician + $9,333 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.