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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Utah 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?

$7,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$3,802$3,388 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$3,388 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $8,913
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $3,802

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
$3,162.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,165.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Utah· 33rd of 50

$7,604

$3,802 physician + $3,802 facility

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.