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Skull Base Surgical Approach

New Hampshire 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?

$12,028

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$4,266$3,311 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$891 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $4,266

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 7th of 51

$12,028

$4,266 physician + $7,762 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.