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Surgery Through The Mouth To The Skull Base

Tennessee 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?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$5,012$4,074 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,586Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $9,772
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $5,012

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$4,677

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.