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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Louisiana 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 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$1,698$1,349 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,570
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,467professional $1,698

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
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $1,862 · 21st 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.