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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $550 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$309 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$355 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,761Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $407

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$417

HI $2,399WV $302

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.