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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 8 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$288$191 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$302 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,677Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $151 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $288

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
$239.88
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 6th 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.