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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Texas 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?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $8,318.

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 $3,890 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,454
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,890

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
$812.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 28th of 50

$3,890

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.