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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Massachusetts 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $4,677.

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 $3,311 · 10th to 90th $741 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$45,708.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$3,311

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.