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Skull Base Approach Behind The Ear

Nevada rates for HCPCS 61598

The exposure stage of an operation deep at the base of the skull. The surgeon drills through the dense bone behind the ear to open a path to the back and center of the skull base, tying off large draining veins in the area to create room. Treating whatever is found there is a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skull Base Approach Behind The Ear cost?

$7,522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$2,951$2,884 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,951 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $5,370
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $2,951

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
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,135.61
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
$2,818.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Nevada· 35th of 50

$7,522

$2,951 physician + $4,571 facility

ME $30,896MD $3,681

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.