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Cutting Multiple Toe Tendons Through The Skin

South 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 October 2026.

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

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$309$229 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$977 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,000Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $65 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $309

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
$323.59
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
7 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
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$324

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.