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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Alabama 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$191$158 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,122 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,074Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $138 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $191

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$224

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.