Bunion surgery cost in New York

In New York, 30 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal: from $1,013.88 to $22,047.79, with a median of $3,839.54. The lowest price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (Niagara Falls). The highest price is 21.7× the lowest.

• The median here, $3,839.54, is 19% below the US median of $4,739.75.
• New York ranks 9th of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
• 6 of 30 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. 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 Oct 20, 2026. See them on a map