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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Nevada 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$186$148 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$166 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $91 to $5,248Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $91 to $437
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $186

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
$91.20
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 42nd of 51

$191

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.