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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

South Carolina 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?

$3,521

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$550 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $2,399

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
$3,235.94
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
8 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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 49th of 51

$3,521

$2,399 physician + $1,122 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.