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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Oregon 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?

$1,783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$741 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,230Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,445
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $891

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
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 50

$1,783

$891 physician + $891 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.