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Surgery to Move Widely Spaced Eye Sockets Closer

Tennessee 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$2,188 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,512 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $25,704
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $2,754

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$2,884

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.