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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Kentucky 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?

$5,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$417 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$832 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $437 to $11,220Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $427

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
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 14th of 50

$5,438

$427 physician + $5,012 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.