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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Idaho 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?

$2,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$575 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,349 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $692

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
8 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
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$2,734

$692 physician + $2,042 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.