Surgery and procedures CPT 28292 210 markets

Bunion surgery (joint resection) cost without insurance

Across 210 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for bunion correction with removal of part of the big toe joint from $359.06 to $58,719.11. The median market price is $2,173.78. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file

Lowest$359.06any market
Median market$2,173.78middle of market medians
Highest$58,719.11any market
Listings368hospital prices

What it is

This code covers bunion surgery in which part of the big toe joint is removed to relieve pain and straighten the toe.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.

Why prices differ

Ambulatory surgery centers often charge much less than hospitals, and hospital prices for the same operation vary widely.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 28292 is a bundled price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia and follow-up visits.

Prices by state

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Anaconda, MT single city 1 $998.40 $998.40 $998.40 1.0×
Anna, IL single city 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Akron, OH 3 $1,188.00 $1,263.00 $1,934.40 1.6×
Albany, OR 2 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 1.0×
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 $15,903.20 $15,903.20 $15,903.20 1.0×
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 $9,533.16 $9,533.16 $9,533.16 1.0×
Anchorage, AK 1 $4,131.00 $4,131.00 $4,131.00 1.0×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $760.80 $760.80 $760.80 1.0×
Appleton, WI 3 $942.78 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 3.7×
Ardmore, OK 1 $1,129.50 $1,129.50 $1,129.50 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9 $5,810.00 $5,810.00 $17,148.00 3.0×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $4,233.42 $4,233.42 $4,233.42 1.0×
Auburn-Opelika, AL 1 $5,550.60 $5,550.60 $5,550.60 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 7 $4,131.07 $4,131.07 $4,131.07 1.0×
Bad Axe, MI single city 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Berlin, WI single city 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Blue Hill, ME single city 1 $573.50 $573.50 $573.50 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $526.50 $526.50 $526.50 1.0×
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $27,537.80 $27,537.80 $27,537.80 1.0×
Barre, VT 1 $1,679.29 $1,679.29 $1,679.29 1.0×
Bay City, MI 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Bennington, VT 1 $1,236.38 $1,236.38 $1,236.38 1.0×
Bloomington, IN 1 $3,444.00 $3,444.00 $3,444.00 1.0×
Boise City, ID 4 $6,877.00 $9,616.25 $14,622.01 2.1×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 1 $4,890.49 $4,890.49 $4,890.49 1.0×
Boulder, CO 1 $8,675.77 $8,675.77 $8,675.77 1.0×
Brattleboro, VT 1 $1,377.81 $1,377.81 $1,377.81 1.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 4 $1,197.00 $1,197.00 $3,710.00 3.1×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $2,916.00 $2,916.00 $2,916.00 1.0×
Caro, MI single city 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Corning, IA single city 1 $781.44 $781.44 $781.44 1.0×
Coudersport, PA single city 1 $1,000.80 $1,000.80 $1,000.80 1.0×
Canton-Massillon, OH 1 $1,934.40 $1,934.40 $1,934.40 1.0×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $4,337.56 $5,708.46 $12,390.07 2.9×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 3 $5,295.00 $5,295.00 $5,295.00 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $689.04 $689.04 $689.04 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY 1 $2,142.55 $2,142.55 $2,142.55 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 2 $3,489.00 $3,489.00 $3,489.00 1.0×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 1 $1,814.07 $1,814.07 $1,814.07 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 2 $1,037.62 $1,486.01 $1,934.40 1.9×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
Columbus, IN 1 $18,658.74 $18,658.74 $18,658.74 1.0×
Columbus, NE 1 $1,383.80 $1,383.80 $1,383.80 1.0×
Columbus, OH 1 $2,205.00 $2,205.00 $2,205.00 1.0×
Corvallis, OR 1 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 1.0×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $526.50 $526.50 $526.50 1.0×
Decorah, IA single city 1 $2,360.40 $2,360.40 $2,360.40 1.0×
Dillon, MT single city 1 $1,393.65 $1,393.65 $1,393.65 1.0×
Dover Foxcroft, ME single city 1 $403.26 $403.26 $403.26 1.0×
Durham, NC single city 1 $1,311.50 $1,311.50 $1,311.50 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 19 $2,576.25 $6,354.00 $21,549.78 8.4×
Danville, VA 1 $3,520.40 $3,520.40 $3,520.40 1.0×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 2 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Decatur, IN 1 $2,107.00 $2,107.00 $2,107.00 1.0×
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 4 $8,675.77 $8,675.77 $8,675.77 1.0×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 8 $650.10 $955.30 $1,260.50 1.9×
Dubuque, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $2,949.02 $2,949.02 $2,949.02 1.0×
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1 $1,164.50 $1,164.50 $1,164.50 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
East Amery, WI single city 1 $683.03 $683.03 $683.03 1.0×
Ellsworth, ME single city 1 $369.00 $369.00 $369.00 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 1 $5,520.20 $5,520.20 $5,520.20 1.0×
Evansville, IN 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Farmington, CT single city 1 $3,517.80 $3,517.80 $3,517.80 1.0×
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 1 $780.80 $780.80 $780.80 1.0×
Flint, MI 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Fond du Lac, WI 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 4 $554.40 $623.70 $693.00 1.2×
Fremont, NE 1 $2,026.12 $2,026.12 $2,026.12 1.0×
Fresno, CA 1 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $510.50 $510.50 $510.50 1.0×
Greenville, ME single city 1 $775.00 $775.00 $775.00 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Harbor Beach, MI single city 1 $734.25 $734.25 $734.25 1.0×
Hartford, CT single city 1 $21,315.37 $21,315.37 $21,315.37 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 3 $5,038.40 $6,637.02 $6,987.12 1.4×
Henderson, KY 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $3,471.00 $3,471.00 $3,471.00 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 1 $3,234.32 $3,234.32 $3,234.32 1.0×
Huntsville, AL 1 $8,123.09 $8,123.09 $8,123.09 1.0×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 2 $1,501.61 $1,510.81 $1,520.00 1.0×
Jackson, MI 1 $616.32 $616.32 $616.32 1.0×
Jasper, IN 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Kansas City, MO-KS 3 $804.00 $804.00 $3,261.00 4.1×
Killeen-Temple, TX 3 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
Linton, IN single city 1 $2,294.73 $2,294.73 $2,294.73 1.0×
Lancaster, PA 1 $6,113.99 $6,113.99 $6,113.99 1.0×
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 2 $3,559.00 $4,793.00 $6,027.00 1.7×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 1 $736.45 $736.45 $736.45 1.0×
Lima, OH 1 $3,553.20 $3,553.20 $3,553.20 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 11 $936.62 $1,471.60 $1,550.64 1.7×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 1.0×
Magazine, AR single city 1 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 1.0×
Malone, NY single city 1 $1,870.00 $1,870.00 $1,870.00 1.0×
Mansfield, AR single city 1 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Middlebury, VT single city 1 $1,266.00 $1,266.00 $1,266.00 1.0×
Morganfield, KY single city 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Madison, WI 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Marshall, MO 1 $1,086.58 $1,086.58 $1,086.58 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 6 $13,077.55 $13,077.55 $13,077.55 1.0×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 2 $1,291.69 $1,613.05 $1,934.40 1.5×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $14,357.29 $14,357.29 $14,357.29 1.0×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4 $1,371.52 $2,105.06 $2,610.00 1.9×
Modesto, CA 1 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Mount Pleasant, MI 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
New London, WI single city 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Norwich, CT single city 1 $2,605.00 $2,605.00 $2,605.00 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $735.15 $1,052.03 $1,368.90 1.9×
New Castle, IN 1 $1,108.10 $1,108.10 $1,108.10 1.0×
New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 1 $1,934.40 $1,934.40 $1,934.40 1.0×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 25 $562.73 $3,594.44 $13,593.45 24.2×
Newport, OR 2 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 $2,324.00 1.0×
Norfolk, NE 1 $1,367.52 $1,367.52 $1,367.52 1.0×
Olivia, MN single city 1 $1,284.66 $1,284.66 $1,284.66 1.0×
Olla, LA single city 1 $2,370.40 $2,370.40 $2,370.40 1.0×
Ontario, CA single city 1 $1,471.60 $1,471.60 $1,471.60 1.0×
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $2,848.19 $2,848.19 $2,848.19 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 1 $1,129.50 $1,129.50 $1,129.50 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 5 $797.72 $1,344.53 $2,579.76 3.2×
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1 $12,832.00 $12,832.00 $12,832.00 1.0×
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 2 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Paris, AR single city 1 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 $1,314.00 1.0×
Perryville, MO single city 1 $1,191.00 $1,191.00 $1,191.00 1.0×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $816.80 $816.80 $816.80 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $377.15 $377.15 $377.15 1.0×
Pittsfield, ME single city 1 $519.52 $519.52 $519.52 1.0×
Princeton, IN single city 1 $814.80 $814.80 $814.80 1.0×
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 1 $19,019.66 $19,019.66 $19,019.66 1.0×
Peru, IN 1 $1,155.00 $1,155.00 $1,155.00 1.0×
Petoskey, MI 1 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 $1,260.50 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3 $3,218.00 $3,345.00 $11,523.72 3.6×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 1 $4,015.22 $4,015.22 $4,015.22 1.0×
Pittsburgh, PA 2 $359.06 $365.97 $372.87 1.0×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 5 $1,273.35 $1,273.35 $1,273.35 1.0×
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 2 $3,660.00 $3,842.08 $4,024.15 1.1×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Richmond, CA single city 1 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $526.50 $526.50 $526.50 1.0×
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 $1,311.50 $1,311.50 $1,311.50 1.0×
Rapid City, SD 1 $4,739.20 $4,739.20 $4,739.20 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $5,485.51 $5,485.51 $5,485.51 1.0×
Redding, CA 1 $4,187.00 $4,187.00 $4,187.00 1.0×
Reno, NV 2 $2,094.00 $2,826.50 $3,559.00 1.7×
Richmond, VA 1 $12,918.85 $12,918.85 $12,918.85 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 5 $1,471.60 $1,471.60 $4,187.00 2.8×
Rochester, NY 3 $917.71 $3,883.81 $3,883.81 4.2×
St. Johnsbury, VT single city 1 $885.00 $885.00 $885.00 1.0×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $505.50 $505.50 $505.50 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 3 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Salem, OR 1 $1,273.35 $1,273.35 $1,273.35 1.0×
Salinas, CA 1 $1,559.00 $1,559.00 $1,559.00 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 4 $1,471.60 $1,471.60 $17,641.00 12.0×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 10 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $15,711.00 1.6×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 $6,119.49 $6,119.49 $6,119.49 1.0×
Shawano, WI 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $735.15 $735.15 $735.15 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 $1,813.60 1.0×
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1 $23,381.34 $23,381.34 $23,381.34 1.0×
Springfield, MA 2 $3,410.00 $5,377.65 $7,345.29 2.2×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 2 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.0×
Storm Lake, IA 1 $1,155.20 $1,155.20 $1,155.20 1.0×
Syracuse, NY 1 $12,425.43 $12,425.43 $12,425.43 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Torrington, CT single city 1 $2,810.00 $2,810.00 $2,810.00 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $4,461.48 $4,461.48 $4,461.48 1.0×
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 $31,045.79 $31,045.79 $31,045.79 1.0×
Terre Haute, IN 1 $906.00 $906.00 $906.00 1.0×
Toledo, OH 1 $1,572.60 $1,572.60 $1,572.60 1.0×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $2,094.00 $2,094.00 $2,094.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $735.15 $735.15 $735.15 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 $8,372.00 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 3 $8,789.00 $9,755.20 $9,755.20 1.1×
Waterbury, CT single city 1 $14,233.42 $14,233.42 $14,233.42 1.0×
Waupaca, WI single city 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Wellsville, NY single city 1 $658.91 $658.91 $658.91 1.0×
Wild Rose, WI single city 1 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 $3,517.58 1.0×
Willimantic, CT single city 1 $2,810.00 $2,810.00 $2,810.00 1.0×
Winamac, IN single city 1 $534.80 $534.80 $534.80 1.0×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Waco, TX 1 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 $3,702.94 1.0×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2 $1,813.60 $30,266.36 $58,719.11 32.4×
Wausau, WI 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 1 $554.50 $554.50 $554.50 1.0×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 1 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 $3,523.65 1.0×
Yuma, AZ 1 $481.65 $481.65 $481.65 1.0×

Common questions

Who is it for?

Often older adults with bunions and arthritis in the big toe joint.

How long is recovery?

Usually several weeks in a special shoe.