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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Alabama rates for HCPCS 62252

This is a noninvasive office procedure that adjusts the settings of an implanted shunt used to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain, most often in people with hydrocephalus. Using a special magnetic device held against the scalp, the clinician changes the valve's drainage setting without any incision. It is done to fine-tune how much fluid drains as a patient's needs change.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$58.88$39.81 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$56.23 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $891Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $29 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $56professional $59

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$61.66
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$56.23

AK $331AL $56.23

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.