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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$1,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$129$110 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$457 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,818Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $93 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $129

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
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
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
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
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
$12.30

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 16th of 51

$1,200

$129 physician + $1,072 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.