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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Nebraska 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?

$7,943

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,166 to $11,482.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,175

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$10,715.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$7,943

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.