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Toe Joint Capsule Release

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 28272

This is a surgical procedure that releases the tight capsule surrounding a joint in the middle or end of a toe, done to loosen a stiff or contracted joint and improve its range of motion. It's often performed as part of correcting a bent or curled toe deformity. Each affected joint is treated separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe Joint Capsule Release cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$363 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$257 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,236Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $257 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $501

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
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in California 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$490

CA $759KY $324

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.