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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

North Carolina 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$257$170 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$191 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $115 to $6,457Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $98 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $257

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
$169.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$269

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.