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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Arizona rates for HCPCS 62220

A thin tube is placed into a fluid-filled chamber inside the brain and tunneled under the skin down the neck into a large vein, so that excess fluid drains into the bloodstream and is carried away. It treats a build-up of fluid inside the brain that raises the pressure in the head. A valve along the tube controls how quickly the fluid drains.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart cost?

$2,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$977$851 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,762Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $832 to $12,303
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $977

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 9.8 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$2,797

$977 physician + $1,820 facility

ME $16,204MD $1,659

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.