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Bunion Correction With Bone Reshaping

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 28296

Surgery corrects a bunion, the bony bump and sideways angling of the big toe joint, by cutting and repositioning the bone of the first metatarsal, the long bone leading to the big toe, to straighten the toe's alignment. This is one of several surgical techniques used to correct this deformity.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Bone Reshaping cost?

$3,226

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,023 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,096 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,399Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,230

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
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Vermont 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 28th of 51

$3,226

$1,230 physician + $1,995 facility

VT $8,943WV $1,744

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.