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Repositioning of the Eye Socket

South Carolina 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 6 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$2,188$1,820 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$2,630 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,571
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $2,188

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
$2,290.87
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,291

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.