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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Arkansas 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?

$3,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$2,512 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$427 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,089Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$3,464

$2,951 physician + $513 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.