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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Maryland 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?

$407

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $490.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,622Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $407

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$407

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.