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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Virginia 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $708 to $7,943.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $550 to $15,136Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $661

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
$575.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$26,302.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 50

$4,266

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.