Bunions are extremely painful. In a majority of cases the only way to eliminate a bunion is surgery. The surgery can be an expensive but worthy endeavor due to the pain and life disruptions a bunion can cause.
The surgeons fee for a typical bunion surgery is about $1,340, assuming a non complicated bunion procedure. There are complex bunion procedures that can cost more. Now, even though you think you can call the surgeon at get the cost of the operation reduced, most surgeons would reduce their fee to seven hundred to six hundred dollars if you paid them up front.
The real expense for bunion surgery is the hospital or surgery center that the bunion operation is performed in, which on average run about $2,000. Since these tend to be run by corporations they tend not to negotiate the price you will be paying.
Then finally there is the anesthesia cost of bunion surgery which on average comes to about $500. As you can see bunion surgery is an expensive proposition. Hopefully, you have health insurance to help cover the operation because if you do not the entire cost of bunion surgery is about $3,000-$4,500.