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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

North Carolina 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?

$1,934

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$646$479 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$575 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,586Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $646

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
$446.68
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 40th of 50

$1,934

$646 physician + $1,288 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.