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Skull Base Surgery Through the Mouth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61575

Surgery reached through the open mouth to take a sample from, relieve pressure on, or remove an abnormality at the base of the skull, the brain stem, or the top of the spinal cord. Working through the mouth reaches structures that sit directly behind the throat without cutting through the face or the back of the neck. No external incision is needed for this route.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Surgery Through the Mouth cost?

$8,511

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$8,511$5,623 to $11,482
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,311 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $16,218Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $15,849
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $8,511

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$16,218.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,218.10
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$8,511

CA $10,233OK $2,239

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.