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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 28024

A toe joint is opened surgically so the surgeon can look inside it, wash out and drain infection, or take out a loose fragment of bone or cartilage or a foreign object. It is most often done for a joint infection that will not settle with antibiotics alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore cost?

$1,820

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $4,266.

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

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,370
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $1,778

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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.

Hawaii· 1st of 51

$1,820

HI $1,820MD $407

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.