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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Florida 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?

$9,177

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,177 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$417 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,236 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $25,704Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $871
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $468

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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34

Where Florida 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

Florida· 2nd of 50

$9,177

$468 physician + $8,710 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.