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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Indiana 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 July 2026.

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

$10,965

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,965 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,586 to $15,849.

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 $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $17,783
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,965

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
$8.71
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,620.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Maine 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.

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$10,965

ME $12,303WV $851

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.