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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Massachusetts 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?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $3,715.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,818

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$5,128.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$2,818

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.