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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Iowa rates for HCPCS 21260

Reconstructive surgery for a person whose eye sockets sit abnormally far apart, usually because of a difference in the way the skull and face formed before birth. The bone around each eye socket is cut free as a block, moved toward the midline, and secured in its corrected position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer cost?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 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 $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,630$2,042 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,020 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $2,630

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
$2,137.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 17.0 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$2,754

AK $5,495TX $324

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.