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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Florida 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?

$11,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$2,138 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,236 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,715
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $8,710professional $2,344

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Florida 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 feeFlorida $11,054 · 12th 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.