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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Colorado 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?

$5,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$331 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$871 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $457 to $12,882Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $324 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $468

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
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 7th of 50

$5,963

$468 physician + $5,495 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.