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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Oklahoma 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?

$1,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,457Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $468

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
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 38th of 50

$1,981

$468 physician + $1,514 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.