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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Montana 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?

$1,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$479$407 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$501 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $468 to $813Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $302 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,054

$479 physician + $575 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.