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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$646

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$138 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$182 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,951Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $107 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $200

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$37.15

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 44th of 51

$646

$200 physician + $447 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.