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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Iowa 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?

$3,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,950$1,259 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,349 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,950

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
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,992

$1,950 physician + $2,042 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.