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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Iowa 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?

$6,095

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,095 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$525 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,047 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,943Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $724

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
$630.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 50

$6,095

$724 physician + $5,370 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.