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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Montana 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?

$1,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$631 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$776 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $708 to $871Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $813

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,626

$813 physician + $813 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.