Bunion surgery cost in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal: from $1,431.60 to $2,145.00, with a median of $1,690.50. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron — $258.90 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $2,145.00 at 15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 28296, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jun 19, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 PR CORRJ HLX VLGS BNCTY SESMDC DSTL METAR OSTEOT | $1,431.60 | $2,386.00 | $323.74–$2,584.86 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Fairlawn, OH Correction of bunion with alignment correction of midfoot bone toward toe area | $1,690.50 | $2,254.00 | $468.14–$1,915.90 | 25% | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 CORRJ HLX VLGS BNCTY SESMDC DSTL METAR OSTEOT | $2,145.00 | $3,300.00 | $838.53–$3,300.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,431.60, median $1,690.50, highest $2,145.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This bunion surgery corrects a big toe that points toward the other toes by cutting and shifting the end of the first metatarsal bone near the toe joint, usually fixing it with a screw or pin. It is done for a painful bunion that does not improve with shoe changes or padding.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery; screws or plates may be listed as separate supplies. The surgeon, anesthesia and post-surgery shoe or boot are usually billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 28296 ($2,765.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY | $0.60 | file |