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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Montana 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?

$7,263

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$3,715$2,512 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$3,548 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,890Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $3,715

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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,073.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Montana 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

Montana· 19th of 51

$7,263

$3,715 physician + $3,548 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.