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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 October 2026.

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

$10,257

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,129 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$5,129$3,890 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,715 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,943Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $7,762
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,129professional $5,129

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
12 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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 11th of 51

$10,257

$5,129 physician + $5,129 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.