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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

New York 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 October 2026.

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

$8,254

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$2,239 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,399 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $2,630

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,489.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$87,096.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,772.37
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
15 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$575.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where New York sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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 York· 17th of 51

$8,254

$2,630 physician + $5,623 facility

ME $36,075WA $2,929

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.