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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$1,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$129$29.51 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$813 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,884Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $18 to $141
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$141.25

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 19th of 51

$1,084

$129 physician + $955 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.