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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Idaho 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?

$8,677

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$3,631 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,802 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $6,918
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $3,890

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,606.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,623.41
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Idaho· 26th of 50

$8,677

$3,890 physician + $4,786 facility

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.