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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Nebraska 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?

$5,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,122$832 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $1,122

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$5,388

$1,122 physician + $4,266 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.