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Skull Base Exposure Around the Eye Socket

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61585

The opening stage of an operation on the front part of the base of the skull, performed to reach a tumor or other abnormality sitting deep in that region. The surgeon removes and repositions bone around and above the eye socket to create a working path down to the affected area. This covers the exposure work only; treating the abnormality and closing the head are handled separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Exposure Around the Eye Socket cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,898$3,631 to $8,710
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,467 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $8,710Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $19,055
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,457professional $4,898

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,709.64
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$23,442.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$5,495

WY $12,882OK $2,951

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.