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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Missouri 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?

$3,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$447$363 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,549 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $447

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
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
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$3,201

$447 physician + $2,754 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.