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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,622$1,230 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$776 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $12,589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $1,622

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
7 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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$2,797

$1,622 physician + $1,175 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.