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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 July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Surgical Approach cost?

$10,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$3,981$3,020 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,266 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $14,791
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $3,981

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $10,007 · 16th 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.