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Biopsy of the Joint at the Base of a Toe

Arizona rates for HCPCS 28052

This procedure opens the joint where a toe meets the long bone of the foot (the metatarsophalangeal joint) through a small incision to obtain a tissue sample from inside it. It is used to investigate unexplained swelling, pain, or a suspected growth in that joint when other tests have not given a clear diagnosis. The joint is closed and the foot is typically protected in a stiff-soled shoe or splint afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biopsy of the Joint at the Base of a Toe cost?

$3,409

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$288 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,778 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,761Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 13.7 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$3,409

$389 physician + $3,020 facility

IN $9,696WV $710

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.