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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

North Dakota 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 Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,103 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$646$457 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$295 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,129Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $646

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 46th of 50

$1,103

$646 physician + $457 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.