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Toe Joint Capsule Release Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 28270

This surgery releases tight tissue around the joint at the base of a toe, the joint connecting the toe to the foot, to relieve pain and improve movement when the joint has become stiff or the toe has drifted out of normal alignment. It is often used to treat conditions like a stiff, painful big toe joint that limits normal walking motion, and does not involve joints further back in the midfoot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe Joint Capsule Release Surgery cost?

$4,168

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$537$417 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$871 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,943Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,413
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,631professional $537

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
$691.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 21.3 times more in Indiana than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $4,168 · 20th of 51
IN $10,437ME $491

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.