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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$1,161

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,161 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$120 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$324 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,890Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $138

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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 17th of 51

$1,161

$138 physician + $1,023 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.