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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Massachusetts 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?

$6,624

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,624 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$3,236$2,754 to $5,495
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,754 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $3,236

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,309.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 50

$6,624

$3,236 physician + $3,388 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.