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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Georgia 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?

$3,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$372 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,549 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,244Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$537.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 19th of 50

$3,969

$501 physician + $3,467 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.