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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

New Jersey 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$1,614

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$135$112 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$794 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,495Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $107 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $135

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$501.19
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
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 51

$1,614

$135 physician + $1,479 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.