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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Florida rates for HCPCS 62223

Surgery to place a shunt, a thin implanted tube that carries fluid from a ventricle (fluid chamber) of the brain to the abdominal cavity or the space around a lung. Other endpoint sites for the tube are also possible under this same service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest cost?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $13,183.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $25,704
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,913

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
$776.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 12.6 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.

Florida· 6th of 50

$8,913

ME $12,303WV $977

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.