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Eye Socket Exploration Through The Skull

California rates for HCPCS 61334

Surgery that reaches the eye socket from above by opening part of the skull, in order to explore it and remove an object that does not belong there. The approach from above gives access to the back of the socket that cannot be reached from the front.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eye Socket Exploration Through The Skull cost?

$10,471

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,607 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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 5 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$6,607$6,607 to $8,128
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$7,079 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $6,026 to $17,783Professionalmedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $8,128
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $6,607

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$11,748.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,128.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where California sits

The same service costs 302.0 times more in New York than in Illinois. 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.

California· 2nd of 34

$10,471

NY $60,256IL $200

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.