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Removal Of A Deep Skull Base Growth

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 61606

Removes a tumor, abnormal vessel mass, or infected area from the deep spaces at the base of the skull behind the upper jaw and around the inner ear. In this version the surgeon opens the tough membrane covering the brain to reach and take out the lesion, then repairs that membrane, sometimes with a patch of tissue. The route used to reach the area is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Skull Base Growth cost?

$6,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$3,548$3,090 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$724 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,310Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $21,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $3,548

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 9.8 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

Oklahoma· 27th of 51

$6,240

$3,548 physician + $2,692 facility

ME $36,528MD $3,725

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.