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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Illinois 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?

$2,375

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$380 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$891 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,623Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $316 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $513

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
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 50

$2,375

$513 physician + $1,862 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.