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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

New Jersey 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$224$158 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $490 to $10,471Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $102 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $224

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
$489.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 15th of 51

$263

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.