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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

South 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?

$1,267

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,267 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$380 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$490 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,090Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $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
$295.12
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South 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

South Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,267

$575 physician + $692 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.