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Chemotherapy Wafers Placed In The Brain

Nevada rates for HCPCS 61517

Places slow-release chemotherapy material directly into the cavity left after a brain tumor has been removed. The material dissolves over the following weeks, delivering the drug straight into the tissue around the cavity instead of through the bloodstream. It is billed in addition to the tumor removal it accompanies.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemotherapy Wafers Placed In The Brain cost?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $5,012.

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 $3,890 · 10th to 90th $91 to $7,244Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $1 to $135
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,890professional $91

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
$91.20
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 107.2 times more in Florida than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nevada $3,311 · 24th of 50
FL $8,710ND $81.28

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.