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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

North Dakota 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?

$1,147

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,147 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$646$447 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$331 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,129Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $646

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$1,147

$646 physician + $501 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.