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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

North Carolina 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?

$8,269

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,269 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$3,802$2,818 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,818 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,333Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,943
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $8,269 · 27th 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.