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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Ohio 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?

$3,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$214 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$891 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $501 to $11,749Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $851

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$407.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 15th of 51

$3,941

$851 physician + $3,090 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.