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Drainage Of Bone Infection, Foot

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Bone Infection, Foot cost?

$1,845

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$912 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,630Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $513 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,845

$912 physician + $933 facility

AL $8,278MT $1,845

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.