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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Louisiana 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$234$162 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$933 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,890Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $105 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $234

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
$346.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$295

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.