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Removal Of A Growth At The Middle Skull Base

Delaware rates for HCPCS 61605

Removes a tumor, an abnormal tangle of blood vessels, or an infected mass from the middle part of the base of the skull — the space behind the cheek and jaw, the area beside the throat, and the dense bone that houses the inner ear. The surgeon works outside the membrane that wraps the brain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Growth At The Middle Skull Base cost?

$3,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$2,042 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $2,291

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
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 13.7 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$3,085

$2,291 physician + $794 facility

ME $35,311WA $2,572

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.