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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Louisiana 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?

$4,169

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$724 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,288 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $912 to $9,120Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $933

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
$891.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 50

$4,169

$933 physician + $3,236 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.