CMS Price Transparency Data
Bunion correction surgery
Facility: Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$292
about 0.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $225–$897
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $292 Cash price $1,788 Hospital's list price $2,090
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 | $178 - $1,045 | 5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $178 - $593 | 5% |
| Aetnamajor | $204 - $2,090 | 6% |
| Cignamajor | $178 - $685 | 5% |
| Humanamajor | $178 - $361 | 5% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $504 | 15% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $178 - $384 | 5% |
| Clover Health | $221 | 7% |
| GEHA | $604 | 18% |
| Health Net | $178 - $2,090 | 5% |
| HealthPartners | $178 - $556 | 5% |
| Meridian | $178 - $221 | 5% |
| Molina | $178 | 5% |
| Oscar Health | $423 | 13% |
| Paramount | $178 | 5% |
| Presbyterian | $178 - $221 | 5% |
| Sanford Health Plan | $387 | 12% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $178 | 5% |
| UCare | $412 | 12% |
| WellMed | $221 | 7% |
| WellSense | $178 | 5% |
| + 355 smaller / regional plans | $178 - $2,090 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.
Excludes 12 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other IA hospitals
- Cass County Memorial Hospital · Atlantic $497
- Boone County Hospital · Boone $542
- Clarke County Hospital · Osceola $547
- Davis County Hospital · Bloomfield $576
- Winnmed · Decorah $583
- Story County Hospital · Nevada $611
- Greene County Medical Center · Jefferson $654
- Madison County Health Care System · Winterset $766
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.