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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Georgia 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,950 to $5,754.

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 $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 50

$4,266

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.