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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base cost?

$8,055

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,055 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$4,074$2,818 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,890 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,365Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Montana· 19th of 51

$8,055

$4,074 physician + $3,981 facility

ME $36,075WA $2,929

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.