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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

North Dakota 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$556

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $556 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$186 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$105 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $105 to $759Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $112 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 51

$556

$209 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.