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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Virginia 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?

$1,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$490$363 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$447 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $347 to $7,413Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $490

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
$512.86
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 44th of 50

$1,381

$490 physician + $891 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.