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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

New York 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?

$4,841

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,841 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$479 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,630 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,233Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $575

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
$537.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,238.72
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where New York 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 York· 16th of 50

$4,841

$575 physician + $4,266 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.