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Reconstruction Of Eye Socket And Forehead Bones

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 21172

This surgery reconstructs the bones around the eye socket, the rim of the eye area, and the forehead, often after removal of a bone growth or to correct a bone abnormality in this region. It restores the shape and support of the facial skeleton in this area. The procedure may involve reshaping existing bone, adding bone grafts, or both.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reconstruction Of Eye Socket And Forehead Bones cost?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$2,630$1,950 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,630

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
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$2,754

CA $7,079KY $2,042

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.