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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Connecticut 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?

$8,334

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,334 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,548$3,020 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,202 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $676 to $25,704Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,888
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $3,548

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$8,334

$3,548 physician + $4,786 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.