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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Iowa 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?

$4,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,445 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,349 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $2,188

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
$1,318.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$12,302.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$4,376

$2,188 physician + $2,188 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.