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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Nebraska 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?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,715 to $13,490.

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 $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,291

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$8,511

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.