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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$151

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $339.

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 $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,047Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $105 to $219
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $117

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
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
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Nebraska than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$151

NE $490NY $102

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.