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Procedure price report · Other extraocular muscle and orbit therapeutic procedures

Tightening of the outer corner of the eyelid

CPT 21282the billing code this page is about

Surgery to reposition and secure the tendon at the outer corner of the eyelids.

Hospitals typically charge $3,221 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 469 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,032. Most fall between $916 and $5,488 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
469
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 469 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$561$1,000$3,221$5,046$7,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($561 vs $7,382).

How the prices are spread

$425 – $592: 29 hospitals$425$592 – $824: 39 hospitals$824 – $1,147: 40 hospitals$824$1,147 – $1,597: 26 hospitals$1,597 – $2,223: 54 hospitals$1,597$2,223 – $3,095: 21 hospitals$3,095 – $4,309: 72 hospitals$3,095$4,309 – $5,999: 79 hospitals$5,999 – $8,353: 46 hospitals$5,999$8,353 – $11,629: 17 hospitals$8,353median $3,221price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (423 of 469 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$425$59229
$592$82439
$824$1,14740
$1,147$1,59726
$1,597$2,22354
$2,223$3,09521
$3,095$4,30972
$4,309$5,99979
$5,999$8,35346
$8,353$11,62917

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$3,221
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.95×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,221.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,477 across 14 hospitalsWA$5,477Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $960 across 20 hospitalsIL$960Wisconsin: median $2,223 across 29 hospitalsWI$2,223Michigan: median $2,223 across 13 hospitalsMI$2,223New York: median $3,935 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,935Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,333 across 20 hospitalsOR$1,333Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $960 across 21 hospitalsIA$960Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,137 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,137Pennsylvania: median $1,737 across 25 hospitalsPA$1,737New Jersey: median $4,290 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,290Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,046 across 48 hospitalsCA$5,046Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $938 across 11 hospitalsNE$938Missouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $3,735 across 10 hospitalsWV$3,735Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $6,310 across 10 hospitalsAZ$6,310New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $651 across 13 hospitalsOK$651Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,704 across 26 hospitalsTX$2,704Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,221. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ10$6,310+96%$4,069 – $6,310
Washington WA14$5,477+70%$3,162 – $6,598
California CA48$5,046+57%$1,879 – $5,107
New Jersey NJ32$4,290+33%$3,593 – $5,339
New York NY36$3,935+22%$3,838 – $4,595
West Virginia WV10$3,735+16%$1,024 – $5,378
Texas TX26$2,704−16%$2,060 – $3,784
Michigan MI13$2,223−31%$487 – $4,559
Wisconsin WI29$2,223−31%$2,154 – $5,202
Pennsylvania PA25$1,737−46%$256 – $5,036
Oregon OR20$1,333−59%$736 – $6,560
Ohio OH14$1,137−65%$1,000 – $3,434
Iowa IA21$960−70%$960 – $1,777
Illinois IL20$960−70%$457 – $4,880
Nebraska NE11$938−71%$666 – $1,235
Oklahoma OK13$651−80%$651 – $3,273
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,221.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care378$3,306$960 – $5,065
Children’s23$12,175$940 – $15,632
Critical access67$2,223$686 – $6,585
Ownership
For-profit43$2,704$666 – $7,561
Government54$2,551$796 – $4,069
Non-profit371$3,306$960 – $5,483
System affiliation
Part of a system400$3,413$960 – $5,488
Independent69$1,714$712 – $5,067

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,846
Median cash price$3,221
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

277 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,223 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,602; most fall between $736 and $5,202.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 277 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$541$940$2,223$5,046$6,422

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($541 vs $6,422).

Of the 299 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 277 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

469 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 508 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted469
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code508

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other extraocular muscle and orbit therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lateral Canthopexy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tightening of the outer corner of the eyelid (CPT 21282) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21282-tightening-of-the-outer-corner-of-the-eyelid