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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Minnesota 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?

$3,915

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,096$851 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,259 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,096

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
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 27th of 50

$3,915

$1,096 physician + $2,818 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.