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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28011

This procedure releases more than one tight or contracted tendon in a toe by cutting it through a small puncture in the skin, without making a larger open incision. It is used to help straighten a toe that has become bent or clawed due to a tight tendon.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$776 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,862 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $1,148

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
$1,380.38
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,288

AK $1,288UT $191

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.