go back

Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

North Carolina 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 6 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$1,549$1,349 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,479 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,802
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,950professional $1,549

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $1,622 · 34th 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.