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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Utah 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?

$3,835

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,835 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$447$363 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,738 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,026Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $447

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
$416.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65

Where Utah 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

Utah· 19th of 50

$3,835

$447 physician + $3,388 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.