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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $182 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$110 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$182$178 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $174 to $631Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $79 to $195
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $170

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
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$352

$170 physician + $182 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.