Bunion surgery cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal as an inpatient: from $591.68 to $2,387.00, with a median of $1,480.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $888.32 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,342.87 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 28296, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Apr 1, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR CORRJ HLX VLGS BNCTY SESMDC DSTL METAR OSTEOT | $591.68 | $2,136.93 | $414.36–$1,331.87 | 72% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 CORRECTION OF BUNION.... | $1,480.00 | $1,480.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 COR HLX VLGS DSTL MTAR OSTEO | $2,387.00 | $3,410.00 | $503.15–$853.66 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 BUNIONECTMY W/DISTAL META OSTE | $11,362.00 | $11,362.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $591.68, median $1,480.00, highest $2,387.00 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $3,839.54 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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 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.