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Brain Fluid Shunt to Abdomen or Chest

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $7,244.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,266

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,892.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 18th of 50

$4,266

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.