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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Minnesota 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?

$14,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,310 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,310$4,677 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,898 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $20,417Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $10,471
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,943professional $6,310

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
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,417.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $14,253 · 7th 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.