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Releasing Tight Joints In The Middle Of The Foot

Montana rates for HCPCS 28264

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?

$2,440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,122$955 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$1,122 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,089Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $1,122

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alabama than in Kentucky. 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

Montana· 42nd of 51

$2,440

$1,122 physician + $1,318 facility

AL $8,609KY $2,060

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.