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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Oregon 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?

$1,000

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $1,349.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $617 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,000professional $1,148

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
$1,288.25
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 45th of 50

$1,000

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.