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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

South Dakota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 7 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 $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$209 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,090Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $95 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $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
$173.78
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$229

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.