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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,083

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,083 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$1,288$1,175 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,288

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
10 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
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,083

$1,288 physician + $794 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.