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Exposure Of The Front Skull Base Outside The Lining

Iowa 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?

$10,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,607 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$6,607$4,169 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,514 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,943Professionalmedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $9,120
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $6,607

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
$4,168.69
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$21,379.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$10,074

$6,607 physician + $3,467 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.