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Biopsy of the Joint at the Base of a Toe

Oklahoma 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?

$1,877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$269 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$794 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,457Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $398

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
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 37th of 50

$1,877

$398 physician + $1,479 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.