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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 July 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts cost?

$4,703

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$813$603 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,291 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,471Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 33rd of 50

$4,703

$813 physician + $3,890 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.