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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

Rhode Island 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$339 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,175 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $269 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $389

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
3 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
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$407

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.