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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Idaho 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?

$6,024

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,024 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$3,388 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$676 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $6,026
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $4,074

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
22 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
$1,412.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 25th of 51

$6,024

$4,074 physician + $1,950 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.