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Deep Foreign Body Removal From the Foot

Iowa rates for HCPCS 28192

In this procedure, a doctor surgically removes an object such as a piece of glass, metal, or wood that has become lodged deep within the tissue of the foot. Because the object sits below the surface, this typically requires a more involved surgical approach than removing something just under the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Foreign Body Removal From the Foot cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$617 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$871 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,129Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$794

AK $1,413UT $288

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.