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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Tennessee 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?

$3,109

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$479$380 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,820 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,607Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $302 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $479

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
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 50

$3,109

$479 physician + $2,630 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.