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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$2,852

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$85.11 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,096 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,248Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $78 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $98

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$208.93
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$630.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$60,255.96
Typical High
$87,096.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$933.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
6 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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where New York 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 York· 1st of 51

$2,852

$97.72 physician + $2,754 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.