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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Maine 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?

$35,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $32,359 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,311$2,884 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$32,359$25,704 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32,359 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $32,359professional $3,311

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,884.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$35,671

$3,311 physician + $32,359 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.