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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Louisiana 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?

$2,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$417 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,288 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,888Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $347 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $525

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
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
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
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$2,567

$525 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.