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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Illinois 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?

$2,873

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,873 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,288$977 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,288

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
$812.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 26th of 51

$2,873

$1,288 physician + $1,585 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.