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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Michigan 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?

$2,399

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $4,898.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,898
$2K$5Kfacility $2,399

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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th of 50

$2,399

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.