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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

Nebraska 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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 July 2026.

How much does Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber cost?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,188 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $13,490Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $240 to $331
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 58.9 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 49

$4,074

NJ $5,888WV $100

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.