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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

South Carolina 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?

$1,917

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,917 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$537$447 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$537 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $537 to $22,909Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $891
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,380professional $537

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
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 42nd of 50

$1,917

$537 physician + $1,380 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.