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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Minnesota 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?

$2,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$832$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,047 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,965Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $832

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
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 50

$2,651

$832 physician + $1,820 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.