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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

New Mexico 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?

$3,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$1,738$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,344
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,479professional $1,738

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 32nd of 51

$3,217

$1,738 physician + $1,479 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.