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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Oregon 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?

$10,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,786$3,890 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,467 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,244Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $7,943
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,248professional $4,786

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
$5,754.40
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Oregon 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 feeOregon $10,034 · 18th 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.