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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61596

This service is a surgical approach used to reach a tumor or growth located deep at the base of the skull, an area that is otherwise difficult to access. It is performed as one stage of a larger operation, opening a pathway so the growth itself can be removed in the same procedure or a following one. This kind of surgery generally requires a team with specialized head and neck or neurosurgical training.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skull Base Surgical Approach cost?

$20,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $9,772 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$9,772$5,370 to $9,772
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$1,820 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $13,183
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,471professional $9,772

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$14,791.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.0 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$20,244

$9,772 physician + $10,471 facility

ME $35,671WA $2,745

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.