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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Massachusetts 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$3,090$2,512 to $5,129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,692 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,550Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,607
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $3,090

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$15,135.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$15,135.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$3,162

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.