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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Idaho 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?

$1,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$692$575 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$692 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,495Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $692

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 43rd of 50

$1,894

$692 physician + $1,202 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.