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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61105

A narrow hole is drilled through the skull so a needle or fine tube can be passed through to reach fluid inside or just outside the brain. It is done to draw off fluid or to take a pressure reading.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture cost?

$2,530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$1,698$1,047 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$646 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $1,698

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Nebraska than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 35th of 50

$2,530

$1,698 physician + $832 facility

NE $9,324WV $916

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.