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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

New Hampshire 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?

$5,892

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,892 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$2,344$1,738 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$891 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $776 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $2,344

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 10th of 51

$5,892

$2,344 physician + $3,548 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.