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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Tennessee 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 5 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$1,622$1,318 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,818 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,884
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,467professional $1,622

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $1,738 · 27th 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.