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Foot Tendon Release Near The Big Toe

West 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?

$815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$282 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,622Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $513
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $398

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
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,951.21
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$815

$398 physician + $417 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.