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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 October 2026.

How much does Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts cost?

$6,248

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,000$759 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,692 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,000

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
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$6,248

$1,000 physician + $5,248 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.