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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

New Hampshire 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?

$22,986

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $18,621 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$4,365$2,884 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$18,621$9,772 to $29,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18,621 · 10th to 90th $8,913 to $33,884Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $6,918
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $18,621professional $4,365

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
$100.00
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$22,986

$4,365 physician + $18,621 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.