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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Nevada 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?

$2,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$398$324 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,288 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,129Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $288 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $398

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
$338.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
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
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$2,586

$398 physician + $2,188 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.