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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $2,754.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,884Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,754.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th 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.