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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$1,022

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,022 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$245$182 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$501 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,890Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $245

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$1,022

$245 physician + $776 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.