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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Connecticut 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?

$6,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$501$417 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$4,571 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $11,749Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $501

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 50

$6,256

$501 physician + $5,754 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.