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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Tennessee 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?

$4,849

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,849 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,047$741 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,138 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,244
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$4,849

$1,047 physician + $3,802 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.