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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Arkansas 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?

$1,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$447$339 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$851 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,388Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 37th of 50

$1,960

$447 physician + $1,514 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.