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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

Utah 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?

$6,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$646$178 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,288 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $955 to $15,488Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,047
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $646

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
7 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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$6,671

$646 physician + $6,026 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.