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Bunion Surgery With Tendon Transfer

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 28294

Surgery for a bunion in which tendons around the big toe are released and reattached in a new position so that they pull the toe back toward a straighter line. Rebalancing the pull across the joint is what holds the correction in place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bunion Surgery With Tendon Transfer cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 3 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$1,738$1,288 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$2,089 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,738

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in California than in Washington. 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 39

$1,862

CA $7,762WA $60.26

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.