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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Oklahoma 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?

$11,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$2,754$2,512 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$2,512 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $19,498Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,467
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $8,913professional $2,754

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Oklahoma 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 feeOklahoma $11,667 · 12th 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.