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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Minnesota 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$631$479 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$398 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,786Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $631

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
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
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
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$646

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.