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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Michigan 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?

$5,435

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$537$447 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,570 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $537

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
$602.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 15th of 50

$5,435

$537 physician + $4,898 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.