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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$513 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$851 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,754Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $363 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $646

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
$512.86
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
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
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$661

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.