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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

New Hampshire 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?

$5,769

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$603 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,738 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $8,710Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $871

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
$100.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 12th of 50

$5,769

$871 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.