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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Michigan 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?

$3,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$427$339 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,607Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $427

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
$549.54
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 25th of 50

$3,311

$427 physician + $2,884 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.