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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Colorado 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?

$8,129

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,129 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,479 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,692 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,820

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$8,129

$1,820 physician + $6,310 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.