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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

South Carolina 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?

$1,148

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $10,965.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $363 to $22,909
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,148

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
$363.08
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 50

$1,148

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.