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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 October 2026.

How much does Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore cost?

$4,379

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,379 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$398$331 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,738 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,125Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $398

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
$309.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
6 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
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$4,379

$398 physician + $3,981 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.