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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

New York 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?

$4,348

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$407 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,820 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,333Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $457

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
15 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
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52

Where New York 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 York· 8th of 51

$4,348

$457 physician + $3,890 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.