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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Maryland 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?

$1,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$398$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$457 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,820Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $398

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 50

$1,015

$398 physician + $617 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.