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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

Connecticut 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$2,465

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$151 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$891 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,607Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $112 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $174

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
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
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$2,465

$174 physician + $2,291 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.