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Drill Hole In The Skull To Drain A Blood Collection

Wyoming 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?

$3,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,862 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,072 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $912 to $19,055Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 20th of 51

$3,527

$2,239 physician + $1,288 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.