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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

New Hampshire 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?

$5,410

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,413 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$891 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $776 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $1,862

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 9th of 51

$5,410

$1,862 physician + $3,548 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.