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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

North Carolina 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?

$2,867

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,047$724 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$977 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $692 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $1,047

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
$741.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,128.31
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
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$42,657.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$2,867

$1,047 physician + $1,820 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.