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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

New York 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 New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 9 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 $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,020 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,890
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,025.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where New York 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.

New York $1,862 · 22nd 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.