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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

Virginia 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?

$1,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$339 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$407 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,413Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $282 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $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
$467.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 44th of 50

$1,307

$437 physician + $871 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.