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Opening A Midfoot Joint To Drain Or Clear It

Delaware rates for HCPCS 28020

Opens one of the joints in the middle of the foot through an incision so the surgeon can look inside it, wash out infection, or take out a loose fragment of cartilage, bone, or a foreign object. It is used for infection in the joint or for something caught inside it that is causing pain and locking.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening A Midfoot Joint To Drain Or Clear It cost?

$1,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$355 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,000 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,884Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $447

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Colorado 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$1,859

$447 physician + $1,413 facility

CO $6,438MT $1,344

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.