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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Oklahoma 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$219$162 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$708 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,890Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $105 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $219

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
$181.97
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$302

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.