CMS Price Transparency Data

Bunion correction surgery

Facility: Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr

Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$3,605

about 1.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $996–$4,488

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$575

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $3,030 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $3,605 This hospital $575 Cash price $27,877 Hospital's list price $50,685

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 CA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $494 Priciest $640

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Bunion correction surgery is about $3,605 (about 1.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr charges insurers about $575, or about $27,877 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in San Diego, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$575 - $35,479	17%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$575 - $29,721	17%
Aetnamajor	$6,082 - $25,646	182%
Cignamajor	$6,082 - $30,411	182%
Humanamajor	$6,082 - $43,082	182%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$33,959 - $50,685	1016%
Health Net	$94 - $32,945	3%
HealthPartners	$32,945	986%
Molina	$4,123	123%
Sentara	$833	25%
+ 64 smaller / regional plans	$90 - $68,424

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 27,877), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 28296.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 28296.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr

Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other CA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.