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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Georgia rates for HCPCS 28299

Surgery corrects a bunion, the bony bump and sideways angling of the big toe joint, using two separate bone cuts to realign the toe, a more extensive approach than a single-cut correction. It is typically used for more pronounced bunion deformities.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts cost?

$3,042

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,000$794 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,047 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,000

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
$724.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
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
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska 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

Georgia· 47th of 51

$3,042

$1,000 physician + $2,042 facility

AK $10,217WV $2,002

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.