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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Michigan 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?

$5,239

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,239 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,349$1,230 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,349

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
12 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
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 10th of 51

$5,239

$1,349 physician + $3,890 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.