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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

New Mexico 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$214$155 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$170 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $107 to $4,365Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $117 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $214

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
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 29th of 51

$224

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.