Bunion surgery (joint resection) cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with removal of part of the big toe joint: from $1,762.05 to $8,675.77, with a median of $7,725.89. The lowest price is at Gunnison Valley Hospital (Gunnison). The highest price is 4.9× the lowest.

• The median here, $7,725.89, is 73% above the US median of $4,461.50.
• Colorado ranks 27th of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
• 5 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 28292. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map