Brain ventricle needle puncture with medication injection at Essentia Health Duluth

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Original text from hospital filings

VENTRICULAR PUNCTURE W INJECTION

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $680 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($861), higher than 29% of the 1,533 hospitals reporting CPT 61026. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 61026 at Essentia Health Duluth

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 25 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
2	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$338	$338	—	—	—	$338 – $338
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$351	$351	—	—	—	$351 – $351
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$352	$352	—	—	—	$352 – $352
5	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$365	$365	—	—	—	$365 – $365
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$383	$383	—	—	—	$383 – $383
7	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$384	$384	—	—	—	$384 – $384
8	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$470	$470	—	—	—	$470 – $470
9	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$483	$483	—	—	—	$483 – $483
10	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$495	$495	$25	5%	—	$470 – $519
11	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$559	$559	—	—	—	$559 – $559
12	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$608	$608	—	—	—	$608 – $608
13	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$608	$608	—	—	—	$608 – $608
14	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$608	$608	—	—	—	$608 – $608
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$622	$622	—	—	—	$622 – $622
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$646	$646	—	—	—	$646 – $646
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$680	$680	—	—	—	$680 – $680
18	Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$680	$680	—	—	—	$680 – $680
19	Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$680	$680	—	—	—	$680 – $680
20	Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$680	$680	—	—	—	$680 – $680
21	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$680	$680	—	—	—	$680 – $680
22	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$723	$723	—	—	—	$723 – $723
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
24	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
25	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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