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Removal Of A Foreign Object From The Foot (Surface Level)

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 28190

A minor procedure to remove an object such as a splinter, glass fragment, or other debris that has become lodged just beneath the skin of the foot. It is used when the object sits in the tissue near the surface rather than deeper in the muscle or near bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Foreign Object From The Foot (Surface Level) cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$240 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$871 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $229 to $13,490Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $407

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Nebraska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$468

NE $468RI $214

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.