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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Georgia 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?

$4,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$589$479 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,622 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,079Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $589

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
$549.54
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 25th of 50

$4,137

$589 physician + $3,548 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.