go back

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 July 2026.

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

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 7 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$2,089$1,380 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$2,951 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,365
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,457professional $2,089

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
$2,137.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $2,138 · 13th of 51
CA $7,413KY $1,318

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.