CMS Price Transparency Data

Bunion correction surgery

Facility: Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$4,938

about 1.5× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $3,710–$6,250

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$5,381

About the fair price

about $443 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $4,938 This hospital $5,381 Cash price $24,675 Hospital's list price $117,501

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $616 Priciest $5,381

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $4,938 (about 1.5× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge charges insurers about $5,381, or about $24,675 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Naples, FL.

What each insurance company pays

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

5 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	$3,362 - $28,435	101%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,362 - $29,041	101%
Aetnamajor	$3,362 - $78,020	101%
Cignamajor	$11,957	358%
Humanamajor	$3,362 - $3,918	101%
Ambetter (Centene)	$8,713	261%
Amerigroup	$4,146	124%
AvMed	$44,650	1336%
HealthPartners	$17,597	526%
Simply Healthcare	$3,000 - $4,032	90%
WellCare	$3,519 - $3,994	105%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$3,417 - $8,542

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

Excludes 3 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 24,675), 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other FL hospitals

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