go back

Burr Hole For Brain Fluid Puncture

Missouri 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?

$3,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$933$832 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,122 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,710Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$3,625

$933 physician + $2,692 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.