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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 July 2026.

How much does Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore cost?

$2,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$457$339 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$501 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $309 to $6,026Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $891
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $457

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
$309.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 33rd of 50

$2,696

$457 physician + $2,239 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.