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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Minnesota 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?

$1,905

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $4,365.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 30th of 50

$1,905

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.