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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

North Dakota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$245$186 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$174 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,020Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $162 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $245

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 20th of 51

$245

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.