go back

Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$2,150

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$112 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$617 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,129Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $98 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $155

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
$97.72
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$2,150

$155 physician + $1,995 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.