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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61156

Makes a small round hole through the skull and passes a fine tube into the brain tissue to draw off a collection of blood or fluid lying within the brain itself. Removing the collection relieves pressure on the brain around it. It is a smaller operation than opening the skull to lift the collection out under direct view.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection cost?

$10,752

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,129 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$5,129$3,090 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,762
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,623professional $5,129

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
$5,623.41
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.5 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· 3rd of 51

$10,752

$5,129 physician + $5,623 facility

ME $16,489MD $1,943

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.