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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Maine 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$398$331 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$1,175 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,570Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $288 to $550
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,738professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$398

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.