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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Montana 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$240$162 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$166 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $490Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $102 to $437
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $295professional $240

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 22nd of 51

$240

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.