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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

New Mexico 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?

$7,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$3,802$2,455 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$3,090 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $8,318Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $14,791
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,802professional $3,802

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where New Mexico 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 feeNew Mexico $7,604 · 34th 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.