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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Minnesota 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?

$4,930

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,930 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$2,692$2,138 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,122 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$4,930

$2,692 physician + $2,239 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.