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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Kentucky 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?

$3,196

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,196 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$741$537 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,000 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $741 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $741

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
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$3,196

$741 physician + $2,455 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.