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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Texas 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?

$1,998

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,998 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$107 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$832 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $22 to $1,259
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,820professional $178

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
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
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69

Where Texas 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

Texas· 43rd of 51

$1,998

$178 physician + $1,820 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.