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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

Virginia 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$191$145 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$195 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,918Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $98 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $407professional $191

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
$177.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$224

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.