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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Missouri 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 7 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$148 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,072 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $178 to $5,248Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $98 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $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
$144.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$263

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.