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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

New York 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,188$1,995 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$2,512 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $2,188

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,762.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,801.89
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,709.64
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
15 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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where New York 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 York· 40th of 51

$2,239

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.