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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts cost?

$5,945

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,945 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$724 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,660 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $955 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,047

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
$954.99
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wisconsin than in North Dakota. 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$5,945

$1,047 physician + $4,898 facility

WI $11,551ND $2,222

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.