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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Nebraska 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$234$158 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,344 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $166 to $13,490Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $89 to $537
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $234

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$275

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.