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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

South Carolina 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$953

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $953 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$117 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$513 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $158

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
$125.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
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
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$953

$158 physician + $794 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.