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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

Idaho 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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 July 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $2,239.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 58.9 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Idaho· 32nd of 49

$1,288

NJ $5,888WV $100

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.