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Removal of Foreign Object From Foot, Complicated

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28193

This procedure removes an object embedded in the foot, such as a splinter, glass, or metal fragment, when the object is deeply lodged or the removal is more involved than a simple office procedure. It typically requires an incision and careful dissection to locate and extract the material, sometimes because it is near a tendon, bone, or nerve. Anesthesia and a short recovery period are usually needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Foreign Object From Foot, Complicated cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$977 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,549 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $1,479

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$186.21
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,549

AK $1,549UT $324

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.