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Skull Base Access From Behind The Ear

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 61591

Creates the surgical route to the middle part of the base of the skull by working behind the ear, opening the bone that houses the inner ear to reach structures lying deep beside the brain stem. It is the access stage of a larger operation, carried out before the growth itself is dealt with.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Access From Behind The Ear cost?

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $3,981.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Oklahoma· 47th of 50

$2,630

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.