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Deep Foreign Body Removal From the Foot

South Carolina 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$417$295 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$776 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $93 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $417

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
$354.81
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
8 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
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$437

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.