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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Mississippi 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?

$5,424

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,455 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$955 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,311Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $7,079
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,622professional $3,802

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
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Mississippi 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 feeMississippi $5,424 · 44th 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.