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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 October 2026.

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

$1,692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$132 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$74.13 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $74 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,549
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,000professional $692

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
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
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95

Where Texas 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

Texas· 50th of 51

$1,692

$692 physician + $1,000 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.