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Surgery Through The Mouth To The Skull Base

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61576

An operation reaching the base of the skull, the brainstem or the upper spinal cord through the mouth, in order to take a tissue sample, relieve pressure, or remove a growth. To create enough room the tongue and/or the lower jaw is divided, then repaired at the end of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery Through The Mouth To The Skull Base cost?

$14,125

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,125 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14,454 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$14,454$9,333 to $19,055
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$5,495 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $26,303Professionalmedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $26,915
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $14,454

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
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$26,915.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$24,547.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska 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· 1st of 51

$14,125

AK $14,125OK $3,631

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.