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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

New Jersey 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?

$6,462

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$437$302 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,467 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,715Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $437

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
$501.19
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 5th of 50

$6,462

$437 physician + $6,026 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.