CMS Price Transparency Data

Bunion correction surgery

Facility: Valor Health

Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,280

about 0.4× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $583–$2,509

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $1,280 Cash price $1,778 Hospital's list price $1,872

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$455 - $853	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$455 - $1,778	14%
Aetnamajor	$119 - $2,285	4%
Cignamajor	$817 - $913	24%
Humanamajor	$455 - $1,325	14%
Moda Health	$910	27%
Molina	$455	14%
PacificSource	$455 - $1,147	14%
SelectHealth	$455 - $951	14%

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 1,778), 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 Valor Health 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Valor Health

Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other ID hospitals

Teton Valley Hospital · Driggs $737
Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $854
Caribou Medical Center · Soda Springs $914
Benewah Community Hospital · Saint Maries $1,047
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital · Montpelier $1,683
Treasure Valley Hospital · Boise $2,897
St Luke's Nampa Medical Center · Nampa $3,159
Mountain View Hospital · Idaho Falls $3,217

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