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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Hawaii 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?

$1,772

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,772 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$513$302 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,096 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,890Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $30 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $513

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 47th of 51

$1,772

$513 physician + $1,259 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.