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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Minnesota 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$309$214 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$398 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,786Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $162 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $309

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
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$316

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.