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Small Drill Hole In The Skull For Puncture

Utah 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?

$4,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$562 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,230 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,026Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99

Where Utah 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

Utah· 26th of 50

$4,034

$646 physician + $3,388 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.