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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Ohio 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?

$3,944

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$427 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,202 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,965Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $708

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,884.03
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
10 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
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 37th of 51

$3,944

$708 physician + $3,236 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.