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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

New Hampshire 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$204$162 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$955 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,710Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $110 to $372
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $204

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
$288.40
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$208.93

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 39th of 51

$204

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.