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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 61026

Passes a needle through an opening already present in the skull, or through an implanted reservoir under the scalp, into the fluid-filled chamber inside the brain, and injects medicine or another substance. It delivers treatment such as chemotherapy or antibiotics straight into the spinal fluid, or places a substance used for testing. Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber cost?

$819

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $819 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$129 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$363 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,072Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $158

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
$128.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
5 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
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in New York than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$819

$158 physician + $661 facility

NY $2,852MT $352

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.