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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Michigan 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$2,291 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,692 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $2,455

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
$2,818.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
12 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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$2,512

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.