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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Massachusetts 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$224$170 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$141 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,715Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $105 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $224

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
$269.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$229

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.