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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Maine 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $372 to $589.

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 $3,311 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $3,311Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,311professional $468

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
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 35th of 51

$468

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.