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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Kansas 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$158 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$912 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $166 to $7,413Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $98 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$218.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 31st of 51

$219

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.