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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

New Jersey 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?

$3,507

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$417$324 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,089 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,128Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $295 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $417

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
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
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,507

$417 physician + $3,090 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.