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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

Vermont 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?

$575

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $575.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $708
$500$1Kprofessional $575

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Hawaii 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.

Vermont· 16th of 51

$575

HI $1,549WV $427

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.