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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 July 2026.

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

$4,317

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$339 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,259 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,333Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $427

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
$501.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 14th of 50

$4,317

$427 physician + $3,890 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.