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Drainage Of Bone Infection, Foot

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 28005

This procedure surgically opens a bone in the foot to drain an infection or abscess that has developed within or around the bone itself. It goes deeper than draining an infection in the surrounding soft tissue alone. It is typically done urgently to control a bone infection and is often paired with antibiotic treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Bone Infection, Foot cost?

$3,338

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$575 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,122
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,630professional $708

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $3,338 · 38th of 50
IN $10,808WV $1,151

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.