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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 July 2026.

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

$13,298

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,298 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$4,786$2,630 to $6,026
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $15,849Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $14,791
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $8,511professional $4,786

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$38,018.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Nebraska 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 feeNebraska $13,298 · 9th 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.