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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

North Carolina 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?

$1,103

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,103 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$457$339 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$437 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,244Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $457

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
$436.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,103

$457 physician + $646 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.