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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Idaho 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $4,467.

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 $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,761
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 27th of 50

$3,311

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.