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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

South Carolina 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?

$10,471

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $16,596.

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 $10,471 · 10th to 90th $603 to $21,878
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471

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
$602.56
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 50

$10,471

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.