Surgery and procedures CPT 28296 Colorado Outpatient

Bunion surgery cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal: from $2,259.30 to $8,675.77, with a median of $8,675.77. The lowest price is at Gunnison Valley Hospital (Gunnison). The highest price is 3.8× the lowest.

The median here, $8,675.77, is 83% above the US median of $4,739.75.
Colorado ranks 31st of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
6 of 8 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 28296. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$2,259.30Gunnison Valley Hospital

Median$8,675.77half of hospitals charge less

Highest$8,675.77in Colorado

Lowest saves$6,416.47vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Gunnison Valley Hospital lowest Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Correction of bunion with alignment correction of midfoot bone toward toe area	$2,259.30	$2,658.00	Jul 10, 2026 source file
Animas Surgical Hospital one side Durango · Durango, CO CORRECTION OF BUNION WITH ALIGNMENT CORRECTION OF MIDFOOT BONE TOWARD TOE AREA	$6,644.67	$6,644.67	Mar 16, 2026 source file
Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Correction of bunion with alignment correction of midfoot bone toward toe area	$7,636.00	$9,545.00	Nov 7, 2026 source file
AdventHealth Avista Louisville · Boulder, CO HC CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY	$8,675.77	$8,675.77	Apr 1, 2026 source file
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY	$8,675.77	$8,675.77	Apr 1, 2026 source file
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY	$8,675.77	$8,675.77	Apr 1, 2026 source file
AdventHealth Parker Parker · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY	$8,675.77	$8,675.77	Apr 1, 2026 source file
AdventHealth Porter Denver · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC CORRECT BUNION,METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY	$8,675.77	$8,675.77	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.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

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

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	4	$8,675.77	$8,675.77
Boulder, CO	1	$8,675.77	$8,675.77
Durango, CO	1	$6,644.67	$6,644.67
Gunnison, CO	1	$2,259.30	$2,259.30
Holyoke, CO	1	$7,636.00	$7,636.00

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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.