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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Minnesota 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?

$3,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$2,089$1,698 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,122 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $2,089

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$3,951

$2,089 physician + $1,862 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.