Bunion correction surgery
Facility: Merit Health River Region
Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $3,164 compared to the $3,418 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.93× fair market pricing.
On the higher side — 7 of 8 other MS hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $3,418 (about 1.0× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Merit Health River Region charges insurers about $3,164, or about $15,748 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Vicksburg, MS.
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
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 | $2,473 - $13,342 | 74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $5,051 | 151% |
| Aetnamajor | $3,154 - $34,996 | 94% |
| Cignamajor | $36,134 - $61,243 | 1081% |
| Humanamajor | $13,342 | 399% |
| CareSource | $2,522 | 75% |
| Devoted Health | $3,124 | 93% |
| HealthPartners | $65,618 | 1963% |
| Molina | $2,670 - $4,703 | 80% |
| WellCare | $3,174 | 95% |
| + 19 smaller / regional plans | $2,473 - $65,618 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Merit Health River Region
Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other MS hospitals
- Highland Hills Medical Center · Senatobia $853
- S E Lackey Memorial Hospital · Forest $929
- Memorial Hospital at Gulfport · Gulfport $2,434
- Merit Health Wesley · Hattiesburg $2,917
- Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $2,977
- Singing River Health System · Pascagoula $3,064
- Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock · Bay Saint Louis $3,128
- Crossgates River Oaks Hospital · Brandon $3,227
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Merit Health River Region (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $31,759
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $31,759).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($15,748) Beats Your Bill
Merit Health River Region's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $15,748 (vs. $3,164 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $3,418 Fair BaseRate ($3,343 Medicare)
Your bill ($87,490) is $84,072 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($3,418) and 26.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.