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Burr Hole For Brain Fluid Puncture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61120

A small round opening is drilled through the skull so a needle can be passed into the fluid-filled chambers deep inside the brain. Fluid can be drawn off to relieve pressure or to test, and contrast or other material can be injected through the same route. It is a short operation done through a small scalp incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Burr Hole For Brain Fluid Puncture cost?

$7,356

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$3,090$1,905 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,898
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $3,090

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
$3,388.44
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 6th of 51

$7,356

$3,090 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $15,814MD $1,394

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.