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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

New York 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?

$5,623

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,090 to $8,710.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $851 to $12,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623

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
$645.65
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,754.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,803.84
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where New York 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.

New York· 16th of 50

$5,623

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.