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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Missouri 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?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,511
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169

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
$16.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 50

$4,169

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.