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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Oregon 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?

$589

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $741.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,943Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $589professional $575

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$67,608.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 41st of 50

$589

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.