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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$1,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$178$123 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$550 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $389 to $4,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $178

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
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
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.22

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$1,527

$178 physician + $1,349 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.