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Removal of Foreign Object From Foot, Complicated

Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $933 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$417 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$501 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,318Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $355 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,691.53
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$550

CA $1,202WV $468

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.