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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$2,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$339$245 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,023 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $741 to $11,749Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $81 to $575
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $339

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
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
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.3 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

Florida· 36th of 51

$2,159

$339 physician + $1,820 facility

CO $6,378MT $1,213

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.