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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Iowa 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?

$10,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$3,236 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,266 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $7,943Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $16,982
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $4,074

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $10,099 · 17th 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.