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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 October 2026.

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

$11,440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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$3,311$2,754 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$2,692 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $562 to $21,380Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $19,953
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $3,311

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 8th of 51

$11,440

$3,311 physician + $8,128 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.