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Drainage of a Foot Bursa

West 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 4 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$174$112 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$97.72 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,413Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $95 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $174

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
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$166

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.