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Forehead Reshaping Surgery (Contouring Only)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 21137

This surgery reshapes the contour of a prominent or protruding forehead bone by reducing and smoothing it, without adding any implant or bone graft material. It can be done for cosmetic reasons or to correct a forehead shape related to a bone condition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Forehead Reshaping Surgery (Contouring Only) cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$661 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,259 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,128Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$1,202

CA $5,012KY $741

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.