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Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart

Texas 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 July 2026.

How much does Shunt From the Brain to a Vein Near the Heart cost?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $4,571.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Texas· 30th of 50

$2,512

ME $12,303WV $912

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.