CPT code 61601: Skull base resection, anterior fossa, intradural2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $2,266.39 for 61601 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 61601 covers

Neurosurgeons use this operation to remove a neoplastic, vascular, or infectious lesion involving the anterior cranial fossa from within the dura; dural repair is part of the service. A typical case may involve an olfactory-groove meningioma or another lesion extending into the anterior skull base. The procedure is performed in a hospital operating room and may involve another surgical specialty participating in the approach.

Choose the code based on the lesion’s anterior cranial fossa location and intradural operative work, not simply its diagnosis. The operative report should establish the site, the lesion’s relationship to the dura, the resection performed, and dural repair. This major procedure has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation. Team surgery is permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Virginia compares for 61601

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 61601 runs from $2,067.73 in Arkansas to $3,051.29 in Miami, FL. Virginia pays $2,266.39. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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61601 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 61601 rate is calculated

Each of 61601’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 61601

61601 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 61601

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 61601 has changed in Virginia

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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