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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61108

Makes one or more small drill holes through the skull so that a collection of blood lying between the brain and its covering can be drained out. Relieving that pressure eases headache, confusion, drowsiness, and weakness caused by blood pressing on the brain. A thin drainage tube is often left in place for a short time afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection cost?

$7,981

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,715$2,291 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,623
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $3,715

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Maine than in Arkansas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 4th of 51

$7,981

$3,715 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $16,050AR $1,584

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.