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Injection Into The Brain's Fluid Chamber

West Virginia 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 Fluid may also be withdrawn at the same time.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?

$630

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $630 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$162$102 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$380 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,413Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $93 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $162

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$630

$162 physician + $468 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.