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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Minnesota 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?

$4,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$1,698$1,072 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,047 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $1,698

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
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$4,042

$1,698 physician + $2,344 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.