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Releasing Tight Joints In The Middle Of The Foot

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 28260

Cuts through the tight joint capsules and shortened soft tissue around the joints in the middle of the foot so a stiff, twisted foot can be brought back towards a normal position and held there. It is used when a foot is fixed in an abnormal position that casting and stretching alone have not corrected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Releasing Tight Joints In The Middle Of The Foot cost?

$2,379

Typical total for the visit. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,379 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$933$617 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,259 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,467Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $30 to $1,122
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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

Hawaii· 43rd of 51

$2,379

$933 physician + $1,445 facility

AL $8,399MT $1,851

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.