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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28001

This procedure opens and drains a bursa in the foot, a small, fluid-filled sac that normally cushions a joint or bone from friction. When a bursa becomes swollen, painful, or infected, draining the fluid relieves pressure and helps the area heal. It is a relatively minor procedure typically done through a small incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage of a Foot Bursa cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$355$170 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$219 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,148Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $158 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $363professional $355

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
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$355

CA $513KY $162

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.