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Skull Base Exposure Through Cheekbone And Eye Socket

Virginia rates for HCPCS 61592

Covers the surgical exposure needed to reach the middle part of the skull base, created by cutting and temporarily moving the cheekbone and the bony rim around the eye socket, opening the skull, and gently lifting the temporal lobe of the brain. This opens a working channel down to deep structures such as the large arteries at the base of the skull. Treating the tumor or other problem found there is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Exposure Through Cheekbone And Eye Socket cost?

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $18,621.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $26,303Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $7,413
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $3,981

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$31,622.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 19th of 50

$6,310

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.