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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Kansas 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?

$2,008

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,008 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$562$457 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,380 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $562

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
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
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 43rd of 51

$2,008

$562 physician + $1,445 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.