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Repositioning of the Eye Socket

Alabama rates for HCPCS 21268

Moves an eye socket that sits in the wrong position, most often because of a difference in skull growth present from birth or a severe injury. The bones surrounding the socket are cut free, shifted into a corrected position, and fixed there, and the gaps left behind are filled and secured.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning of the Eye Socket cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$1,738 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,738 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $2,089

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$2,344

CA $7,413KY $1,862

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.