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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Open cutting of one or more flexor tendons in the foot

CPT 28230the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to cut one or several tendons that bend the foot, usually to relieve tightness or deformity; the single charge covers one or multiple tendons in the foot.

Hospitals typically charge $1,443 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 618 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,615. Most fall between $644 and $3,681 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
618
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 618 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$433$728$1,443$2,821$5,982

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($433 vs $5,982).

How the prices are spread

$357 – $478: 51 hospitals$357$478 – $641: 42 hospitals$641 – $859: 79 hospitals$641$859 – $1,150: 59 hospitals$1,150 – $1,541: 72 hospitals$1,150$1,541 – $2,065: 71 hospitals$2,065 – $2,767: 53 hospitals$2,065$2,767 – $3,707: 41 hospitals$3,707 – $4,966: 35 hospitals$3,707$4,966 – $6,653: 55 hospitals$4,966median $1,443price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (558 of 618 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$357$47851
$478$64142
$641$85979
$859$1,15059
$1,150$1,54172
$1,541$2,06571
$2,065$2,76753
$2,767$3,70741
$3,707$4,96635
$4,966$6,65355

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,643
Median cash price$1,443
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.88×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,443.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,467 across 11 hospitalsID$3,467Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,032 across 21 hospitalsMN$1,032Illinois: median $782 across 18 hospitalsIL$782Wisconsin: median $1,443 across 41 hospitalsWI$1,443Michigan: median $579 across 35 hospitalsMI$579New York: median $1,894 across 42 hospitalsNY$1,894Massachusetts: median $1,996 across 10 hospitalsMA$1,996Oregon: median $787 across 19 hospitalsOR$787Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,090 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,090Indiana: median $433 across 12 hospitalsIN$433Ohio: median $1,574 across 36 hospitalsOH$1,574Pennsylvania: median $2,635 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,635New Jersey: median $2,136 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,136Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,515 across 43 hospitalsCA$4,515Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,111 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,111Missouri: median $1,169 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,169Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $478 across 15 hospitalsWV$478Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $474 across 16 hospitalsOK$474Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,653 across 11 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,821 across 28 hospitalsTX$2,821Florida: median $4,336 across 21 hospitalsFL$4,336
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,443. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$6,653+361%$1,838 – $6,653
California CA43$4,515+213%$728 – $6,138
Florida FL21$4,336+201%$2,200 – $8,165
Idaho ID11$3,467+140%$2,100 – $4,436
Texas TX28$2,821+96%$1,716 – $3,681
Pennsylvania PA20$2,635+83%$1,876 – $19,375
New Jersey NJ34$2,136+48%$1,773 – $5,741
Massachusetts MA10$1,996+38%$831 – $4,128
New York NY42$1,894+31%$700 – $2,007
Ohio OH36$1,574+9%$1,008 – $2,399
Wisconsin WI41$1,4430%$1,207 – $1,522
Missouri MO13$1,169−19%$602 – $4,039
Nebraska NE10$1,111−23%$438 – $1,972
Iowa IA21$1,090−24%$788 – $1,090
Minnesota MN21$1,032−28%$648 – $2,164
Oregon OR19$787−45%$558 – $1,159
Illinois IL18$782−46%$433 – $1,294
Michigan MI35$579−60%$512 – $1,613
West Virginia WV15$478−67%$298 – $1,867
Oklahoma OK16$474−67%$474 – $3,263
Indiana IN12$433−70%$433 – $2,056
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,443.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care468$1,716$686 – $4,336
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access135$950$549 – $2,221
Ownership
For-profit64$1,864$619 – $4,640
Government98$1,207$669 – $2,272
Non-profit454$1,379$627 – $3,681
System affiliation
Part of a system491$1,522$669 – $4,336
Independent127$1,102$572 – $2,100

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,643
Median cash price$1,443
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

390 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,247 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,548; most fall between $600 and $3,681.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 390 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$433$723$1,247$2,821$6,138

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($433 vs $6,138).

Of the 425 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 390 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

618 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 687 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted618
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code687

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tx Opn Tendon Flexor Foot Single/Mult Tendon Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open cutting of one or more flexor tendons in the foot (CPT 28230) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28230-open-cutting-of-one-or-more-flexor-tendons-in-the-foot