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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Indiana 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?

$9,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$427$324 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$4,898 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $17,783Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $427

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
$512.86
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$9,759

$427 physician + $9,333 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.