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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Montana 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?

$1,213

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,213 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$537$490 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$537 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,239Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $339 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,213

$537 physician + $676 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.