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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Virginia 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?

$8,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$2,951$2,818 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,388 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $26,303Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,898
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0Kfacility $5,888professional $2,951

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
$2,951.21
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $8,840 · 24th 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.