Approach To The Front Skull Base Through The Orbit

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 61584

Creates the surgical route to the front of the skull base by opening the scalp, temporarily removing the bony ridge above the eye socket, and gently lifting the front of the brain. The eye and its contents are left in place. Removing the growth or lesion once the route is open is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Approach To The Front Skull Base Through The Orbit cost?

$12,410

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

36% physician fee64% facility fee

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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$4,467	$3,236 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,943	$3,715 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $21,380Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $9,333

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,737.80 Median $4,677.35 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,737.80	$4,677.35	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $4,677.35 Median $13,489.63 Typical High $28,183.83	Facility	Global	$4,677.35	$13,489.63	$28,183.83
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,818.38 Median $7,413.10 Typical High $21,877.62	Facility	Global	$2,818.38	$7,413.10	$21,877.62
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $870.96 Median $3,235.94 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	Global	$870.96	$3,235.94	$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin 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

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WI $22,035MD $6,098

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.