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Custom Artificial Eye and Socket Prosthesis

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 21077

Taking an impression and custom-building an artificial replacement for the eye and the surrounding socket area, for someone who has lost those structures to injury, disease, or surgery. The finished prosthesis is shaped and painted to match the person's own features.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Custom Artificial Eye and Socket Prosthesis cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,138$1,905 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$977 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,677Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,548
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $2,138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$2,138

AK $6,918TX $1,259

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.