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Repositioning of the Eye Socket

Iowa 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 7 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$3,090$2,042 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,266 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $11,482Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $3,090

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$29,512.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,162

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.