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Burr Hole To Place A Brain Catheter Or Monitor

New York rates for HCPCS 61210

Makes a small round opening in the skull so a catheter, reservoir or monitoring device can be passed into or onto the brain, for example to drain fluid from the fluid spaces or to measure the pressure inside the head. The opening is only as large as is needed to pass the device. It is the version performed as a procedure in its own right rather than as part of a larger operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Burr Hole To Place A Brain Catheter Or Monitor cost?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $6,607.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,233
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where New York sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

New York· 16th of 50

$4,266

CA $9,120ND $347

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.