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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$2,630 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$2,291 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,079Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $25,704
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $3,548

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$25,703.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,760.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th 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.