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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Tennessee 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?

$3,004

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$457 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,862 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,786Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $550

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
$977.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 50

$3,004

$550 physician + $2,455 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.