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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Arizona 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?

$7,150

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,512 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,344 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,888
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $2,884

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Arizona sits

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 feeArizona $7,150 · 38th of 50
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.