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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

New Jersey 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?

$9,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$2,884$2,570 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,571 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $2,884

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 20th of 50

$9,802

$2,884 physician + $6,918 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.