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Replacing or Flushing a Brain Drainage Tube

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 62194

Deals with a drainage catheter sitting in the fluid space around the brain that has stopped working. The surgeon either flushes the tube to clear the blockage or takes it out and puts a new one in the same position, so fluid can drain freely again. It is done when the symptoms of rising pressure come back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacing or Flushing a Brain Drainage Tube cost?

$2,305

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,305 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$468 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,096 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Colorado than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$2,305

$646 physician + $1,660 facility

CO $5,208HI $1,572

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.