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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Nebraska 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?

$5,661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$2,570$1,950 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $14,791Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,570

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
$1,096.48
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$5,661

$2,570 physician + $3,090 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.