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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Minnesota 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?

$2,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$871$603 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$490 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,166Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $871

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
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$2,159

$871 physician + $1,288 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.