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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Colorado 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$331 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,710Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $288 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $398

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
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
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$437

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.