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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 July 2026.

How much does Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore cost?

$2,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$617 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,259 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,965Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $891

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
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$2,933

$891 physician + $2,042 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.