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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Massachusetts 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,188$1,622 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,660 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $15,488
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,188

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$2,188

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.