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Decompression Surgery At The Skull Base

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 61345

Removes bone at the lower back of the skull to relieve pressure on the cerebellum and brainstem, the parts of the brain that sit in that compartment. Taking bone away gives crowded or swollen brain tissue room to expand instead of being squeezed against hard bone. It is done through an incision at the back of the head.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Decompression Surgery At The Skull Base cost?

$5,082

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,082 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$2,089 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $14,454
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Oklahoma· 26th of 51

$5,082

$2,512 physician + $2,570 facility

ME $35,178WA $2,608

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.