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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

South 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?

$3,719

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,719 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$331 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$501 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $347 to $13,490Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $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
$338.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where South 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

South Carolina· 20th of 50

$3,719

$407 physician + $3,311 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.