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Removal of Foreign Object From Foot, Complicated

Arkansas 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$457 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$692 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,089Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $741
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $550

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
$457.09
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
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
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 29th of 51

$550

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.