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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Arizona 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$204$155 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $224 to $6,607Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $95 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $204

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 18th of 51

$251

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.