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Bunion Correction With Joint Fusion Near The Big Toe

Alaska rates for HCPCS 28297

This is a surgical correction of a bunion, the bony bump that forms at the base of the big toe, using a technique that fuses a nearby joint in the foot to correct the underlying misalignment rather than just cutting and shifting the bone. It is generally used for more significant or unstable bunion deformities.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Joint Fusion Near The Big Toe cost?

$3,419

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$759 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,047 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $708 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,905professional $1,514

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
$2,884.03
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$53,703.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,786.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.7 times more in West Virginia than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 41st of 50

$3,419

$1,514 physician + $1,905 facility

WV $14,737DE $1,903

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.