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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Alabama 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?

$7,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,512 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,259 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,754
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $3,802

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $7,604 · 29th 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.