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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

New Mexico 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?

$6,020

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$891$724 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,380 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $832 to $12,882Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $891

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
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 16th of 51

$6,020

$891 physician + $5,129 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.