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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Oregon 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?

$1,559

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,559 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$490 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$631 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,026Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $708

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
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 50

$1,559

$708 physician + $851 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.