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Skull Base Surgical Approach

West Virginia 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?

$3,897

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,897 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$2,239 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $7,079
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $3,236

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$3,897

$3,236 physician + $661 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.