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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Indiana 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?

$8,177

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,177 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$955 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,995 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $813 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,259

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
$870.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$8,177

$1,259 physician + $6,918 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.