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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Iowa 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?

$8,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$4,898$3,548 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,762
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $4,898

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,762.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$8,286

$4,898 physician + $3,388 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.