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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Nevada 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?

$4,380

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$490$468 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$631 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,244Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $417 to $955
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $490

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
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 21st of 50

$4,380

$490 physician + $3,890 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.