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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Oklahoma 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?

$4,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$490$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,148 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,233Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $490

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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
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
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$4,564

$490 physician + $4,074 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.