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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 21263

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 October 2026.

How much does Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,467$2,754 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,715 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,454Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,248
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$3,467

AK $9,120TX $427

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.