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Bunion Correction With Two Bone Cuts

West Virginia 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?

$2,002

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$708 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$631 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $631 to $14,125Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,047professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$14,125.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$2,002

$955 physician + $1,047 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.