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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Louisiana 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?

$6,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$2,951 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,202 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,012Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,266
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,162professional $3,802

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
$933.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,677.35
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $6,964 · 39th 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.