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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

New Mexico 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,754$2,138 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,089 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,467
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$2,818

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.