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Removal Of A Heel/Ankle Bone Growth With Grafting

Iowa rates for HCPCS 28102

A surgery to scrape out or remove a fluid-filled cyst or noncancerous growth from the heel bone or the ankle bone. The resulting space is then filled with a piece of the patient's own bone to support healing. It is used to treat a benign bone lesion that is causing pain, weakening the bone, or otherwise needs to be addressed surgically.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Heel/Ankle Bone Growth With Grafting cost?

$5,831

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,831 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$933$617 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $955 to $13,490Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $933

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
$954.99
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 22nd of 50

$5,831

$933 physician + $4,898 facility

IN $23,004MD $984

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.