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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Colorado rates for HCPCS 61215

Puts a small reservoir or pump just beneath the skin and connects it to a catheter sitting in the fluid-filled chamber of the brain. Once in place it can be used to draw off spinal fluid or to deliver medicine straight into that space through the skin, without a fresh brain procedure each time. It is often used for chemotherapy or antibiotics that have to reach the brain fluid directly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp cost?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,370 to $13,183.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $19,498Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$24,547.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 7th of 50

$8,913

WY $17,783WV $479

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.