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Opening a Toe Joint to Drain or Explore

Wyoming 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 Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $912.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,965Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 39th 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.