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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Michigan 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$191$145 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,239 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,898Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $93 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $191

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
$213.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$200

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.