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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Minnesota 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$2,138 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,344 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $2,818

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$2,884

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.