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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Ohio 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?

$3,409

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$295 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,349 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,233Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $229 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $389

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
$457.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in Indiana 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

Ohio· 23rd of 50

$3,409

$389 physician + $3,020 facility

IN $7,168WV $834

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.