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Opening In Brain Fluid Chamber Floor

Vermont 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?

$1,445

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $1,698.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,445

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.8 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.

Vermont· 47th of 51

$1,445

CA $7,943KY $1,380

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.