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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Minnesota 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?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$4,571$3,467 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,090 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $14,454Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $4,571

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$4,571

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.