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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Nevada 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?

$3,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$955$891 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$851 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,918Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,549
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $955

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
$912.01
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 16th of 51

$3,839

$955 physician + $2,884 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.