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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Utah 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$240$166 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,291 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,898Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $98 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $240

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$240

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.