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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Idaho 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?

$2,649

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,349 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$676 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,169Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,291
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $1,778

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
21 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
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 33rd of 51

$2,649

$1,778 physician + $871 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.