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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Texas 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?

$1,202

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $3,715.

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 $1,202 · 10th to 90th $275 to $6,918
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,202

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th of 50

$1,202

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.