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Opening A Forefoot Joint To Drain Or Explore

West 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?

$874

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $874 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$417$331 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$316 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,622Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $295 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $417

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
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$874

$417 physician + $457 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.