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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

North Dakota 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?

$2,713

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,549 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$851 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,344Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $1,862

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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$2,713

$1,862 physician + $851 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.