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Drilled Hole In The Skull To Draw Off A Deep Collection

Texas 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?

$2,129

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,129 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$224$141 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$891 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $28 to $1,660
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,905professional $224

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
12 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
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01

Where Texas 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

Texas· 46th of 51

$2,129

$224 physician + $1,905 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.