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Procedure price report · Incision and excision of CNS

Small skull drill hole to drain a blood collection

CPT 61108the billing code this page is about

A twist drill makes one or more small skull openings to drain and evacuate a blood collection beneath the skull covering.

Hospitals typically charge $1,874 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 295 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,313. Most fall between $1,254 and $4,360 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
295
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 295 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$894$1,407$1,874$4,275$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($894 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$593 – $763: 13 hospitals$593$763 – $982: 6 hospitals$982 – $1,263: 29 hospitals$982$1,263 – $1,625: 48 hospitals$1,625 – $2,090: 47 hospitals$1,625$2,090 – $2,688: 22 hospitals$2,688 – $3,458: 30 hospitals$2,688$3,458 – $4,448: 28 hospitals$4,448 – $5,721: 27 hospitals$4,448$5,721 – $7,359: 17 hospitals$5,721median $1,874price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (267 of 295 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$593$76313
$763$9826
$982$1,26329
$1,263$1,62548
$1,625$2,09047
$2,090$2,68822
$2,688$3,45830
$3,458$4,44828
$4,448$5,72127
$5,721$7,35917

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,874.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,793 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,793Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $4,954 across 21 hospitalsIL$4,954Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,088 across 13 hospitalsMI$2,088New York: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,697 across 22 hospitalsOR$1,697Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,525 across 10 hospitalsOH$2,525Pennsylvania: median $1,254 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,254New Jersey: median $5,110 across 12 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,218 across 23 hospitalsCA$2,218Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,478 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,478Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,493 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,493Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: median $1,803 across 24 hospitalsGA$1,803Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,874. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ12$5,110+173%$4,350 – $5,855
Illinois IL21$4,954+164%$1,531 – $20,654
Ohio OH10$2,525+35%$1,739 – $3,359
California CA23$2,218+18%$1,066 – $3,909
Michigan MI13$2,088+11%$1,408 – $3,222
Georgia GA24$1,803−4%$1,803 – $6,472
Washington WA15$1,793−4%$1,037 – $3,426
Oregon OR22$1,697−9%$1,455 – $2,934
Oklahoma OK14$1,493−20%$1,051 – $1,493
Missouri MO11$1,478−21%$1,310 – $2,158
Pennsylvania PA19$1,254−33%$114 – $4,449
New York NY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,874.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care245$1,844$1,243 – $4,437
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access42$2,339$1,445 – $4,476
Ownership
For-profit23$1,803$700 – $3,896
Government37$2,138$1,445 – $3,426
Non-profit235$1,964$1,254 – $4,454
System affiliation
Part of a system252$1,803$1,246 – $4,454
Independent43$2,218$1,434 – $3,330

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,290
Median cash price$1,874
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

225 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,795 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,984; most fall between $1,069 and $4,437.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 225 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$732$1,254$1,795$3,330$6,472

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($732 vs $6,472).

Of the 245 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 225 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

295 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 331 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted295
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code331

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Incision and excision of CNS family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Twist Drill Hole Evac&/Drg Subdural Hematoma.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Small skull drill hole to drain a blood collection (CPT 61108) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-61108-small-skull-drill-hole-to-drain-a-blood-collection