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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Montana 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?

$912

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $955.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 46th of 50

$912

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.