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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Iowa 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?

$5,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$2,692$1,778 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,514 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $2,692

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$5,322

$2,692 physician + $2,630 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.