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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$204$148 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$200 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,239Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $110 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $204

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
10 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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$418

$204 physician + $214 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.