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Placing a Fluid Reservoir or Pump Under the Scalp

Wisconsin 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?

$9,772

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,012 to $12,882.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $1,413

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
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,848.93
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 6th of 50

$9,772

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.