Bunion surgery cost in Alaska
In Alaska, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal: from $4,583.37 to $11,950.38, with a median of $5,804.76. The lowest price is at Ketchikan Medial Center (Ketchikan). The highest price is 2.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $5,804.76, is 22% above the US median of $4,739.75.
- Alaska ranks 21st of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 28296. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$4,583.37Ketchikan Medial Center
Median$5,804.76half of hospitals charge less
Highest$11,950.38in Alaska
Lowest saves$1,221.39vs the median
Hospitals in Alaska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan Medial Center one side lowest Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK CORRECTION OF BUNION WITH ALIGNMENT CORRECTION OF MIDFOOT BONE TOWARD TOE AREA | $4,583.37 | $7,051.34 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak · Kodiak, AK HC ED CORRECTION OF BUNION CDM | $5,804.76 | $7,442.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Seward Hospital Seward · Seward, AK HC ED CORRECTION OF BUNION CDM | $5,804.76 | $7,442.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Valdez Medical Center Valdez · Valdez, AK HC ED CORRECTION OF BUNION CDM | $5,804.76 | $7,442.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC ED CORRECTION OF BUNION CDM | $11,950.38 | $15,321.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | 1 | $11,950.38 | $11,950.38 |
| Kodiak, AK | 1 | $5,804.76 | $5,804.76 |
| Ketchikan, AK | 1 | $4,583.37 | $4,583.37 |
| Seward, AK | 1 | $5,804.76 | $5,804.76 |
| Valdez, AK | 1 | $5,804.76 | $5,804.76 |
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 is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Bunion surgery explained.
Bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal in other states
- Alabama$7,542.25
- Arizona$12,437.16
- Arkansas$3,653.13
- California$4,187.00
- Colorado$8,675.77
- Connecticut$6,977.97, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$2,799.64, 2 hospitals
- Florida$10,745.48
- Georgia$6,653.00
- Hawaii$10,111.50, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$6,510.00
- Illinois$4,021.50
- Indiana$9,456.39
- Iowa$3,598.30
- Kansas$3,685.73
- Kentucky$768.95, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$3,561.20
- Maine$1,130.42, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$3,672.94, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$7,186.33
- Michigan$4,499.12
- Minnesota$2,199.71
- Mississippi$9,803.00
- Missouri$3,261.00
- Montana$3,396.98, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$2,641.50
- Nevada$3,765.30
- New Hampshire$701.80, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$4,627.00
- New Mexico$5,894.64
- New York$3,839.54
- North Carolina$5,688.00
- North Dakota$5,736.44
- Ohio$24,137.35
- Oklahoma$5,462.55
- Oregon$7,911.00
- Pennsylvania$5,873.00
- Puerto Rico$1,050.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$4,324.71, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$14,404.06
- South Dakota$4,262.40
- Tennessee$6,826.93
- Texas$4,192.86
- Utah$3,112.50, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$4,083.49, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$18,396.38
- Washington$6,133.15
- West Virginia$5,144.25
- Wisconsin$4,489.69
- Wyoming$4,046.43, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.