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Surgery and procedures CPT 28292 Washington Outpatient

Bunion surgery (joint resection) cost in Washington

In Washington, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with removal of part of the big toe joint: from $1,212.25 to $23,090.24, with a median of $4,975.35. The lowest price is at Astria Toppenish Hospital (Toppenish). The highest price is 19.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,975.35, is 12% above the US median of $4,461.50.
  • Washington ranks 16th of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. 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 Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,212.25Astria Toppenish Hospital
Median$4,975.35half of hospitals charge less
Highest$23,090.24in Washington
Lowest saves$3,763.10vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Astria Toppenish Hospital lowest Toppenish · Yakima, WA 28290 Correction, hallux valgus (bunion), with or $1,212.25 $1,865.00 Apr 1, 2026
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PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center one side Bellingham · Bellingham, WA CORRECTION OF BUNION $2,171.59 $3,340.90 Mar 21, 2026
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Forks Community Hospital Forks · Port Townsend, WA Correction of bunion $3,831.20 $4,789.00 Oct 27, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HALLUX VALGUS CORRECTION (KELLER, MCBRIDE OR MAYO TYPE)--FAC $6,119.49 $11,999.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ferry County Memorial Hospital Republic · Republic, WA BUNION PROCEDURE $7,939.94 $9,341.11 Sep 14, 2026
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Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Corrj Hlx Vlgs Bncty Sesmdc Rescj Prox Phlx Base $23,090.24 $32,986.06 Mar 12, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 $6,119.49 $14,604.86
Bellingham, WA 1 $2,171.59 $2,171.59
Port Townsend, WA 1 $3,831.20 $3,831.20
Republic, WA 1 $7,939.94 $7,939.94
Yakima, WA 1 $1,212.25 $1,212.25
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What bunion surgery (joint resection) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Bunion surgery (joint resection) explained.

Bunion correction with removal of part of the big toe joint in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.