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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

South Carolina 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?

$5,102

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,102 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$661 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,549 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $13,183Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,349
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $933

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
$676.08
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
12 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
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$5,102

$933 physician + $4,169 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.