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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Mississippi 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?

$1,706

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,706 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$324 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$692 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,467Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $288 to $912
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $447

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
$295.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 39th of 50

$1,706

$447 physician + $1,259 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.