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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Rhode Island 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?

$4,514

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$832 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,047

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
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
3 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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$4,514

$1,047 physician + $3,467 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.