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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Florida 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?

$3,212

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,212 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$245 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,585
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95

Where Florida 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

Florida· 22nd of 51

$3,212

$813 physician + $2,399 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.