CMS Price Transparency Data

Bunion correction surgery

Facility: Ochsner St Anne General Hospital

Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,392

about 0.7× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $1,416–$2,563

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,406

About the fair price

about $14 over the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $2,392 This hospital $2,406 Cash price $3,415 Hospital's list price $7,762

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

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

Cheapest $536 Priciest $2,949

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

A fair price for a Bunion correction surgery is about $2,392 (about 0.7× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Ochsner St Anne General Hospital charges insurers about $2,406, or about $3,415 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Raceland, LA.

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	$536 - $9,160	16%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,406 - $9,928	72%
Aetnamajor	$552 - $3,945	17%
Cignamajor	$7,428	222%
Humanamajor	$536 - $2,406	16%
AmeriHealth	$552	17%
Health Net	$6,598	197%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$546 - $5,822

Government programs also on file: Medicare, 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 3,415), 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 Ochsner St Anne General Hospital 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 Ochsner St Anne General Hospital

Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other LA hospitals

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