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Image-Guided Placement of Brain Infusion Catheter

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0169T

Using computer-planned targeting and image guidance, one or more fine tubes are passed through a small opening in the skull to a precise spot within the brain. The tubes let medicine be delivered straight into that area instead of relying on it reaching the brain through the bloodstream. The planning and the skull opening are part of the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Image-Guided Placement of Brain Infusion Catheter cost?

$7,943

Typical physician fee. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,495 to $10,965.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $15,849Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $74,131
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7,943professional $30

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 2089.3 times more in Ohio than in South Carolina. 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.

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OH $63,096SC $30.20

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.