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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$782

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$151$123 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$447 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,138Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $151

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
$102.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 36th of 51

$782

$151 physician + $631 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.