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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Massachusetts 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?

$2,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$417 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$479 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,129Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $603

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
$478.63
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$2,381

$603 physician + $1,778 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.