go back

Removal Of Central Skull Base Growth

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 61607

Removal of a tumor or other abnormal growth from the central floor of the skull, the region behind the eyes and beneath the middle of the brain. The growth is taken out from outside the membrane that covers the brain, and opening the path to reach it is a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Central Skull Base Growth cost?

$8,656

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,026 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,026$4,074 to $6,918
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$2,512 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $8,511Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $7,762
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $6,026

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
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 8.3 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

North Dakota· 27th of 50

$8,656

$6,026 physician + $2,630 facility

ME $30,717MD $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.