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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Nebraska 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?

$9,324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$813$437 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,026 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $708 to $15,136Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 1st of 50

$9,324

$813 physician + $8,511 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.