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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Kentucky 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$288$234 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$776 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $295 to $7,244Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $204 to $501
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $288

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
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$295

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.