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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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

$676

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$166 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$195 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $148 to $759Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $112 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 51

$676

$229 physician + $447 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.