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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$5,351

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$3,802$3,090 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$661 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,482Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $6,761
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Georgia· 31st of 51

$5,351

$3,802 physician + $1,549 facility

ME $36,075WA $2,929

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.