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Opening In Brain Fluid Chamber Floor

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 62200

Creates a small opening in the floor of a fluid-filled chamber deep inside the brain so trapped spinal fluid can escape into the natural fluid spaces surrounding the brain. It relieves the pressure caused when fluid cannot follow its normal path. It treats hydrocephalus, in which fluid builds up because its drainage route is blocked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening In Brain Fluid Chamber Floor cost?

$9,860

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,860 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,259 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,585 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,349

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
$851.14
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$12,589.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 13.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Kentucky· 12th of 50

$9,860

$1,349 physician + $8,511 facility

ME $28,821MD $2,106

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.