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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

North Dakota 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?

$7,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$5,248$2,692 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $8,511Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $6,918
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $5,248

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 32nd of 50

$7,940

$5,248 physician + $2,692 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.