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Exposure Of The Front Skull Base Outside The Lining

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61582

Covers the surgical exposure needed to reach the front of the skull base, made by opening the skull above the eyes, lifting the frontal lobe while leaving the tough membrane covering the brain closed, and cutting through the bony floor beneath. Staying outside that membrane keeps the fluid space around the brain sealed. Treating the tumor or defect found there is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exposure Of The Front Skull Base Outside The Lining cost?

$24,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $12,303 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$12,303$7,762 to $12,303
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$1,820 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $17,378
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $12,303

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
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,498.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$24,325

$12,303 physician + $12,023 facility

ME $36,433TX $2,961

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.