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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Nebraska 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?

$5,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$575$407 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,344 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $479 to $13,490Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $575

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 50

$5,042

$575 physician + $4,467 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.