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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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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 October 2026.

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

$1,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$191 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$603 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,244Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $129 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$1,072

$240 physician + $832 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.