Surgery and procedures CPT 28296 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bunion surgery cost in Lebanon, NH — inpatient

In Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal as an inpatient: from $701.80 to $2,629.15, with a median of $1,665.48. The lowest listed price is at Valley Regional Hospital — $963.68 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,665.48 at 2 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 28296, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026.

Lowest$701.80Valley Regional Hospital
Median$1,665.48half pay less
Highest$2,629.15in this market
Difference3.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT.

median
Lowest $701.80Highest $2,629.15

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 CORRECTION BUNION MET OSTEOTOMY IP $701.80 $1,276.00 $445.39–$3,190.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 CORRECTION BUNION MET OSTEOTOMY OP $701.80 $1,276.00 $445.39–$3,190.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont, NH · (603) 542-7771 COR HLX VLGS DSTL MTAR OSTEO $701.80 $1,276.00 $445.39–$3,190.00 45% Jun 6, 2026
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · (603) 650-5000 CORRECT BUNION, METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY $2,629.15 $8,592.00 $2,964.24–$8,162.40 69% —
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Inpatient: lowest $701.80, median $1,665.48, highest $2,629.15 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,665.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NHCORRECTION BUNION MET OSTEOTOMY IPA $175.45 file
Valley Regional Hospital Claremont, NHCYSTOSC AND TX DILATION URETH STRICT OPA $175.45 file