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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Louisiana 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?

$2,645

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,645 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$457$363 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$933 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,370Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $269 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$2,645

$457 physician + $2,188 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.