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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 61581

The exposure stage of a skull-base operation, in which a surgeon opens a path through the face and the front floor of the skull so that a growth can be reached. It is a wide exposure that can include removing the contents of the eye socket and part of the upper jaw, and it stops short of removing the growth itself, which is a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base cost?

$10,998

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,998 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 66 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$2,692 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$3,715 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $21,380Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,586
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,762professional $3,236

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
$1,737.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
ME $30,463MD $3,612

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.