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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

New Mexico 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?

$1,827

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,827 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$447$331 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$501 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $407 to $10,715Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 38th of 50

$1,827

$447 physician + $1,380 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.