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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Iowa 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 8 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$251$170 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$457 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $209 to $6,761Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $95 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $251

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
$275.42
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$275

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.