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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Michigan 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?

$2,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$468$372 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,259 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,074Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $302 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $468

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
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
12 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
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 27th of 51

$2,418

$468 physician + $1,950 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.