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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Nebraska 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?

$9,066

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,066 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$5,754$4,571 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$676 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,490Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $8,128
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $5,754

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$9,066

$5,754 physician + $3,311 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.