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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Oregon 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?

$3,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,698$1,202 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,288 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,692
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,738professional $1,698

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
12 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 21st of 51

$3,436

$1,698 physician + $1,738 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.