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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Maryland 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$178$135 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$117 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $93 to $4,074Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $95 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $178

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
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$178

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.