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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Arizona 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?

$4,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$479$427 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,042 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,318Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $479

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 50

$4,460

$479 physician + $3,981 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.