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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Rhode Island 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?

$2,866

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$417 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $347 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $575

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
3 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
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$2,866

$575 physician + $2,291 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.