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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Missouri 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?

$3,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$417$324 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,698 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,413Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $417

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
$309.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 50

$3,579

$417 physician + $3,162 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.