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Replacing the Brain End of a Fluid Shunt

Texas rates for HCPCS 62225

Exchanges or flushes out the thin tube that sits in the fluid-filled chamber of the brain as part of a shunt, the system that drains excess spinal fluid away to relieve pressure. The tube is reached through a small opening in the skull. It is done when that segment becomes blocked, shifts out of position, or stops draining.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing the Brain End of a Fluid Shunt cost?

$2,951

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $6,607.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $12,882
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in Indiana 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.

Texas· 24th of 50

$2,951

IN $14,454WV $490

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.