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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Illinois 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 July 2026.

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

$1,950

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $4,677.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,898
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $1,660

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$25,703.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Illinois· 36th of 50

$1,950

ME $12,303WV $912

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.