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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Kansas 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?

$2,948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$437$380 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,318 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,943Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $437

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
$562.34
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 30th of 50

$2,948

$437 physician + $2,512 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.