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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Virginia 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?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $5,754.

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 $3,981 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,762Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $372

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
$316.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 16th of 50

$3,890

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.