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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 October 2026.

How much does Skull Base Surgical Approach cost?

$4,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,862$513 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,715
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,862

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
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,786.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Florida 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

Florida· 40th of 51

$4,261

$1,862 physician + $2,399 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.