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Building Up the Contour of a Facial Bone

Georgia rates for HCPCS 21208

Surgery that adds to the contour of a facial bone using the patient's own bone, donated bone, or a manufactured implant, to build out an area that is flat, sunken, or underdeveloped. The material is shaped and fixed to the bone underneath through a hidden incision so that it stays in position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Building Up the Contour of a Facial Bone cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$977 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,380 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,349

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
$758.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
6 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.9 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$1,413

AK $4,074TX $832

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.