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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Iowa 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?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,169$3,236 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,548 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $13,183Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $4,169

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$24,547.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$4,365

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.