CMS Price Transparency Data

Bunion correction surgery

Facility: Barrett Hospital & Healthcare

Billing Code: 28296 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$887

about 0.3× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $647–$2,271

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $887 Cash price $674 Hospital's list price $709

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.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$484 - $1,527	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,394	42%
Humanamajor	$484	14%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$817 - $977

Excludes 2 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 674), 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 Barrett Hospital & Healthcare 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

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Barrett Hospital & Healthcare

Compare: Bunion correction surgery at other MT hospitals

Central Montana Medical Center · Lewistown $801
Livingston Healthcare · Livingston $817
Sidney Health Center · Sidney $839
St James Hospital · Butte $3,342
St. Patrick Hospital · Missoula $3,443
Great Falls Clinic Hospital · Great Falls $6,320
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital · Billings $6,489
Providence St Joseph Medical Center · Polson $9,713

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