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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Nebraska 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?

$8,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$5,248$4,169 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$676 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,490Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $5,248

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
$2,290.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$8,715

$5,248 physician + $3,467 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.