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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Kentucky 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?

$5,012

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $8,511.

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 $295 to $11,220
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012

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
$295.12
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 9th of 50

$5,012

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.