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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

New Jersey 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$1,259 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,162 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,349

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$1,349

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.