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Midface And Forehead Advancement With Bone Grafts

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 21159

Reconstructive surgery in which the bones of the midface and the forehead are freed and moved forward together as a single block, with bone grafts placed to fill the gaps this creates. It corrects a face and brow that are set too far back, improving the airway, protection of the eyes, and the way the teeth meet.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Midface And Forehead Advancement With Bone Grafts cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$3,236$2,570 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,089 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $3,236

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
$933.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$3,236

CA $7,244DE $2,570

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.