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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28022

Opens a joint in the forefoot surgically to look inside, wash out infection, or take out a loose fragment of bone or cartilage or a foreign object. It is used when imaging or a needle drainage is not enough to clear or identify the problem. The joint is closed afterwards and usually protected in a stiff-soled shoe or boot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore cost?

$1,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$955$447 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$550 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,236Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $955

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.6 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 40th of 50

$1,647

$955 physician + $692 facility

ME $13,672WV $874

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.