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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Nevada 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?

$7,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,884$2,818 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,884 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,129
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 35th of 50

$7,351

$2,884 physician + $4,467 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.