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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Michigan 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?

$8,346

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$759 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$1,778 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $813 to $15,849Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $933

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,803.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
13 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
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 5th of 51

$8,346

$933 physician + $7,413 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.