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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

New Mexico 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?

$1,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$407$288 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$447 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $363 to $10,715Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $407

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
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 50

$1,788

$407 physician + $1,380 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.