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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$89.13 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$407 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,677Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $81 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $107

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
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
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$848

$107 physician + $741 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.