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Drill Hole in Skull for a Brain Monitor or Tube

Washington 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?

$676

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $851.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,233
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $676

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
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$18,620.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 39th of 50

$676

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.