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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Tennessee 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?

$5,721

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,721 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$3,090$2,512 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,607
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,630professional $3,090

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $5,721 · 43rd 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.