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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

North Dakota 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?

$3,630

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,630 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$2,138 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$1,175 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,344Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $2,455

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 24th of 51

$3,630

$2,455 physician + $1,175 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.