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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

New York 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?

$5,121

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,778 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $1,230

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,760.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$87,096.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
15 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New York 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 York· 14th of 51

$5,121

$1,230 physician + $3,890 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.