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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

New Mexico 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?

$1,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$631$389 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$646 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,762Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,000professional $631

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 46th of 50

$1,631

$631 physician + $1,000 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.