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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

New Mexico 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?

$2,434

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,259$955 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,698
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,175professional $1,259

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
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 34th of 51

$2,434

$1,259 physician + $1,175 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.