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Removal of Foreign Object From Foot, Complicated

New Jersey 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$372 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,000 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,079Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $437

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
$380.19
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
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
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$479

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.