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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Nevada 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?

$6,979

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,979 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,512$2,399 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,455 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,677
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,467professional $2,512

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
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Nevada 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 feeNevada $6,979 · 35th 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.