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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

South Dakota 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?

$6,698

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,495$4,074 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 25th of 51

$6,698

$5,495 physician + $1,202 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.