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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 October 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts cost?

$4,902

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,902 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,514$1,148 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,660 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $1,514

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$4,902

$1,514 physician + $3,388 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.