go back

Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Iowa 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?

$3,913

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$437 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$912 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,943Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $525

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
$776.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$3,913

$525 physician + $3,388 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.