Bunion correction surgery
Facility: Merit Health Wesley
Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $2,917 compared to the $2,951 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.99× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 MS hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Bunion correction surgery is about $2,951 (about 0.9× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Merit Health Wesley charges insurers about $2,917, or about $7,092 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hattiesburg, 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 - $3,782 | 74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $5,051 | 151% |
| Aetnamajor | $740 - $2,945 | 22% |
| Cignamajor | $9,504 | 284% |
| Humanamajor | $2,859 | 86% |
| CareSource | $2,522 | 75% |
| Devoted Health | $2,917 | 87% |
| Molina | $2,670 - $4,940 | 80% |
| WellCare | $2,964 | 89% |
| + 16 smaller / regional plans | $2,473 - $27,016 |
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Other Procedures at Merit Health Wesley
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
- Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $2,977
- Singing River Health System · Pascagoula $3,064
- Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock · Bay Saint Louis $3,128
- Merit Health River Region · Vicksburg $3,164
- Crossgates River Oaks Hospital · Brandon $3,227
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $12,259
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 = $12,259).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($7,092) Beats Your Bill
Merit Health Wesley's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $7,092 (vs. $2,917 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $2,951 Fair BaseRate ($3,343 Medicare)
Your bill ($33,770) is $30,819 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($2,951) and 10.1× 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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