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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 July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Surgical Approach cost?

$12,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,128 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$8,128$5,248 to $11,749
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,818 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $16,596Professionalmedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $15,136
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,365professional $8,128

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
$7,413.10
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,595.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $12,493 · 9th of 50
ME $30,078MD $3,173

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.