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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Minnesota 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $9,772.

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 $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $19,055
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,162

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$3,162

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.