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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$316 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,585 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,318Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 16th of 50

$4,048

$417 physician + $3,631 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.