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Skull Base Surgical Approach

Wyoming 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?

$7,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$5,888$4,898 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $9,550
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $5,888

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 18th of 51

$7,402

$5,888 physician + $1,514 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.