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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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$240$186 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$195 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $105 to $2,089Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $240

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 47th of 51

$587

$240 physician + $347 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.