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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$3,467 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,455 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $6,918
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $4,467

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
$2,041.74
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$24,547.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th 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.