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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

Ohio 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$126$115 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$427 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,074Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $98 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $126

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$60.26

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$818

$126 physician + $692 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.