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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 21261

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?

$2,512

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $3,162.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $2,512

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
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Washington, DC· 45th of 51

$2,512

CA $7,586KY $2,344

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.