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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Iowa rates for HCPCS 61107

A narrow hole is made through the skull with a hand drill so a thin tube or a monitoring device can be passed into the brain or the fluid spaces inside it. It is most often used to place a pressure sensor or a drainage tube after a head injury, a bleed, or dangerous swelling. Only a small opening is made rather than opening the skull.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube cost?

$2,138

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,943Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,951
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $692

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
$416.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 27.5 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.

Iowa· 29th of 50

$2,138

NE $8,128WV $295

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.