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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 July 2026.

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

$3,693

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$457$363 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,413Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $457

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
$407.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 50

$3,693

$457 physician + $3,236 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.