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Procedure price report · Bunionectomy or repair of toe deformities

Bunion surgery with two bone cuts

CPT 28299the billing code this page is about

Correction of a big toe bunion using two separate bone cuts, typically one in the long foot bone and one in the toe bone, to realign the toe.

Hospitals typically charge $4,359 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 764 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,811. Most fall between $1,510 and $11,113 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
764
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 764 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,064$1,779$4,359$9,158$18,856

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,064 vs $18,856).

How the prices are spread

$880 – $1,225: 75 hospitals$880$1,225 – $1,706: 66 hospitals$1,706 – $2,376: 79 hospitals$1,706$2,376 – $3,310: 82 hospitals$3,310 – $4,610: 49 hospitals$3,310$4,610 – $6,420: 91 hospitals$6,420 – $8,942: 83 hospitals$6,420$8,942 – $12,455: 70 hospitals$12,455 – $17,347: 47 hospitals$12,455$17,347 – $24,161: 46 hospitals$17,347median $4,359price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (688 of 764 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$880$1,22575
$1,225$1,70666
$1,706$2,37679
$2,376$3,31082
$3,310$4,61049
$4,610$6,42091
$6,420$8,94283
$8,942$12,45570
$12,455$17,34747
$17,347$24,16146

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,359
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.59×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,359.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,987 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,987Idaho: median $4,635 across 15 hospitalsID$4,635Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,559 across 35 hospitalsMN$2,559Illinois: median $1,828 across 26 hospitalsIL$1,828Wisconsin: median $4,774 across 37 hospitalsWI$4,774Michigan: median $1,980 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,980New York: median $8,454 across 54 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,998 across 20 hospitalsOR$2,998Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,518 across 36 hospitalsIA$2,518Indiana: median $2,258 across 19 hospitalsIN$2,258Ohio: median $7,861 across 25 hospitalsOH$7,861Pennsylvania: median $8,376 across 25 hospitalsPA$8,376New Jersey: median $7,907 across 35 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,986 across 43 hospitalsCA$5,986Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,238 across 16 hospitalsCO$3,238Nebraska: median $2,026 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,026Missouri: median $3,992 across 20 hospitalsMO$3,992Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,316 across 17 hospitalsWV$2,316Virginia: median $6,433 across 14 hospitalsVA$6,433Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,904 across 12 hospitalsAZ$8,904New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,206 across 14 hospitalsKS$2,206Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,213 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,213North Carolina: median $3,962 across 13 hospitalsNC$3,962South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $989 across 15 hospitalsOK$989Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,980 across 12 hospitalsAL$6,980Georgia: median $11,148 across 13 hospitalsGA$11,148Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,863 across 38 hospitalsTX$4,863Florida: median $14,479 across 12 hospitalsFL$14,479
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,359. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$14,479+232%$12,090 – $23,244
Georgia GA13$11,148+156%$8,176 – $21,982
Arizona AZ12$8,904+104%$2,954 – $17,244
New York NY54$8,454+94%$1,763 – $9,188
Pennsylvania PA25$8,376+92%$3,930 – $13,461
New Jersey NJ35$7,907+81%$4,881 – $9,093
Ohio OH25$7,861+80%$1,721 – $23,447
Alabama AL12$6,980+60%$1,627 – $13,045
Virginia VA14$6,433+48%$396 – $28,520
California CA43$5,986+37%$2,322 – $9,286
Texas TX38$4,863+12%$3,966 – $11,620
Wisconsin WI37$4,774+10%$2,964 – $6,374
Idaho ID15$4,635+6%$1,779 – $12,106
Missouri MO20$3,992−8%$1,435 – $18,070
North Carolina NC13$3,962−9%$1,840 – $9,038
Colorado CO16$3,238−26%$1,436 – $19,279
Oregon OR20$2,998−31%$1,104 – $4,026
Minnesota MN35$2,559−41%$1,326 – $3,931
Iowa IA36$2,518−42%$1,779 – $2,745
West Virginia WV17$2,316−47%$625 – $6,714
Indiana IN19$2,258−48%$1,064 – $17,570
Kansas KS14$2,206−49%$999 – $6,836
Nebraska NE13$2,026−54%$1,400 – $2,898
Washington WA14$1,987−54%$1,104 – $7,409
Michigan MI40$1,980−55%$1,306 – $9,978
Illinois IL26$1,828−58%$1,064 – $3,082
Tennessee TN10$1,213−72%$844 – $9,072
Oklahoma OK15$989−77%$989 – $11,653
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,359.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care550$5,855$1,725 – $13,170
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access202$2,395$1,300 – $5,306
Ownership
For-profit105$8,176$2,998 – $18,990
Government135$2,441$1,428 – $8,454
Non-profit524$4,210$1,435 – $9,533
System affiliation
Part of a system582$4,774$1,627 – $11,273
Independent182$2,822$1,303 – $8,991

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,467
Median cash price$4,359
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

354 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,518 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,115; most fall between $1,097 and $6,564.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 354 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$959$1,290$2,518$5,986$14,663

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($959 vs $14,663).

Of the 404 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 354 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

764 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 849 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted764
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code849

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Bunionectomy or repair of toe deformities family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Corrj Hlx Vlgs Bncty Sesmdc W/Double Osteotomy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bunion surgery with two bone cuts (CPT 28299) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28299-bunion-surgery-with-two-bone-cuts