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Shunt To Drain Fluid From Around The Brain

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62190

Creates a drainage pathway for the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, using a soft tube placed into the fluid space and tunneled under the skin to somewhere the body can absorb the fluid. It relieves the pressure that builds when fluid accumulates faster than it can be reabsorbed. It is done under general anesthesia and the tube is intended to stay in place long term.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shunt To Drain Fluid From Around The Brain cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$2,089 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,230 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $3,311

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
$2,691.53
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$3,311

CA $7,244KY $891

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.