go back

Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Massachusetts 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?

$2,315

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$537$363 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$427 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,129Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $537

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
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$2,315

$537 physician + $1,778 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.