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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

North Dakota 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?

$2,404

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$1,380$1,047 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$912 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $1,380

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
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
8 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
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$2,404

$1,380 physician + $1,023 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.