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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 October 2026.

How much does Bunion Surgery With Tendon Transfer cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,622$1,175 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,380 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,622

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in Texas than in South Carolina. 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· 13th of 39

$1,660

TX $3,890SC $30.20

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.